On Wed, 2016-12-07 at 00:40 -0600, Denis Kenzior wrote: > > > No, this is the part you didn't understand. Simply authenticating > > doesn't actually create anything like a "link" to the AP. The only > > Okay, but it is then a bit misleading that iw link reports us being > 'connected' during this time for example. It doesn't! # iw wlan0 auth <ssid> <bssid> open 2462 -> iw event reporting wlan0 (phy #0): auth <localMAC> -> <bssid> status: 0: Successful # iw wlan0 link Not connected. > Fair enough. I think we can live with that since we're not using > CMD_AUTHENTICATE unless we need to roam using FT. That seems like a very strange decision, but it's obviously up to you :) johannes
