On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 22:14 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Since upgrading from Linux 2.6.24 to .25, I have found that > NetworkManager cannot associate my Intel wireless card, handled by the > ipw2200 driver, with my AP, which has a hidden SSID. > > NetworkManager thinks that wpa_supplicant should be able to scan for > specific hidden SSIDs if the underlying driver advertises > IW_SCAN_CAPA_ESSID, which ipw2200 does since 2.6.25: > > /* Use "AP_SCAN 2" if: > * - The wireless network is non-broadcast and the driver doesn't support > * scanning specific SSIDs > * - The wireless network is Ad-Hoc > * - The wireless driver does not support WPA (stupid drivers...) > */ > is_adhoc = (nm_ap_get_mode(ap) == IW_MODE_ADHOC); > if (is_adhoc || !supports_wpa) > ap_scan = "AP_SCAN 2"; > else if (!nm_ap_get_broadcast (ap)) > ap_scan = self->priv->has_scan_capa_ssid ? "AP_SCAN 1" : "AP_SCAN 2"; > > However, this doesn't work because the scan results just have an empty > string or "<hidden>" (not consistently, which is weird). > > So one of these components is doing the wrong thing. Is it that: > > 1. ipw2200 or ieee80211 should copy the selected ESSID into scan results > 2. wpa_supplicant should not check the ESSID of scan results if it has > already selected an ESSId > 3. NetworkManager should not expect IW_SCAN_CAPA_ESSID to mean that this > will work You might also want: http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2008-June/017873.html that patch. It fixes an issue that caused wpa_supplicant to never probe-scan the AP in with a hidden SSID test configuration with ipw2200. Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
