When cfg80211 is instructed to connect, it always uses the default WEP key for the privacy setting, which clearly is wrong when using wpa_supplicant. Don't overwrite the setting, and rely on it being false when wpa_supplicant is not running, instead set it to true when we have keys. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/wext-sme.c 2009-09-17 17:12:03.000000000 -0700 +++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/wext-sme.c 2009-09-17 17:12:53.000000000 -0700 @@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ int cfg80211_mgd_wext_connect(struct cfg wdev->wext.connect.ie = wdev->wext.ie; wdev->wext.connect.ie_len = wdev->wext.ie_len; - wdev->wext.connect.privacy = wdev->wext.default_key != -1; if (wdev->wext.keys) { wdev->wext.keys->def = wdev->wext.default_key; wdev->wext.keys->defmgmt = wdev->wext.default_mgmt_key; + wdev->wext.connect.privacy = true; } if (!wdev->wext.connect.ssid_len) -- 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