Hello, I am trying to set up a scenario whereby a client tries automatically authenticate with an access point without apriori knowledge of the SSID. The idea is that the client will detect the access point (without knowing its SSID apriori) and use certificate based EAP (EAP-TLS) to authenticate. I have the following configuration (notice that there is no ssid -- this all works fine if I specify the ssid ). wpa_supplicant.conf ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant eapol_version=2 network={ key_mgmt=WPA-EAP identity="mranga@xxxxxxxx" eap=TLS scan_ssid=1 ca_cert="/home/mranga/mininet-wifi/examples/eap-tls/CA/ca.crt" client_cert="/home/mranga/mininet-wifi/examples/eap-tls/CA/client.crt" private_key="/home/mranga/mininet-wifi/examples/eap-tls/CA/client.key" } hostapd.conf is as follows: interface=ap1-wlan1 driver=nl80211 ssid=simplewifi wds_sta=1 hw_mode=g channel=1 ap_isolate=1 eap_server=1 ieee8021x=1 wpa=2 eap_message=howdy eapol_version=2 wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-EAP logger_syslog=-1 logger_syslog_level=0 ca_cert=/home/mranga/mininet-wifi/examples/eap-tls/CA/ca.crt server_cert=/home/mranga/mininet-wifi/examples/eap-tls/CA/server.crt private_key=/home/mranga/mininet-wifi/examples/eap-tls/CA/server.key eap_user_file=/home/mranga/mininet-wifi/examples/eap-tls/eap_users ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd ctrl_interface_group=0 I can see from the debug log of wpa_supplicant that the broadcast of the station is seen. But it is skipped : ta1-wlan0: BSS: Add new id 0 BSSID 02:00:00:00:02:00 SSID 'simplewifi' freq 2412 BSS: last_scan_res_used=1/32 sta1-wlan0: New scan results available (own=1 ext=0) sta1-wlan0: Radio work 'scan'@0x20a6ca0 done in 3.529241 seconds sta1-wlan0: radio_work_free('scan'@0x20a6ca0): num_active_works --> 0 sta1-wlan0: Selecting BSS from priority group 0 sta1-wlan0: 0: 02:00:00:00:02:00 ssid='simplewifi' wpa_ie_len=0 rsn_ie_len=20 caps=0x411 level=-36 freq=2412 sta1-wlan0: skip - SSID mismatch Is there a way of specifying "wildcard SSID" in wpasupplicant.conf? /var/log/syslog | grep hostapd shows the following: Sep 15 18:58:32 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 IEEE 802.1X: Sending EAP Packet (identifier 122) Sep 15 18:58:32 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake Sep 15 18:58:32 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/4 Pairwise) Sep 15 18:58:32 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 WPA: sending 3/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake Sep 15 18:58:32 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (4/4 Pairwise) Sep 15 18:58:32 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN) Sep 15 18:58:32 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 IEEE 802.1X: authorizing port Sep 15 18:58:32 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 RADIUS: starting accounting session 5AB7B18789CD42DF Sep 15 18:58:32 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 IEEE 802.1X: authenticated - EAP type: 0 (unknown) Sep 15 18:58:32 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 WPA: Added PMKSA cache entry (IEEE 802.1X) Sep 15 18:58:39 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:00:00 WPA: event 3 notification Sep 15 18:58:39 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:00:00 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated Sep 15 18:58:39 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:00:00 MLME: MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indication(02:00:00:00:00:00, 3) Sep 15 18:58:39 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:00:00 MLME: MLME-DELETEKEYS.request(02:00:00:00:00:00) Sep 15 18:58:39 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 WPA: event 3 notification Sep 15 18:58:39 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated Sep 15 18:58:39 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 MLME: MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indication(02:00:00:00:01:00, 3) Sep 15 18:58:39 mininet-wifi hostapd: ap1-wlan1: STA 02:00:00:00:01:00 MLME: MLME-DELETEKEYS.request(02:00:00:00:01:00) -- M. Ranganathan _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap