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Re: [PATCH 1/1] cfg80211: wext: set bssid to NULL in SIOCIWESSID

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On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 14:47 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:

> > > iwconfig wlan0 essid "foo"
> > > This will make the station associate with the first AP with essid
> > > "foo".
> > > 
> > > iwconfig wlan0 ap "00:...:ff"
> > > This will disassociate from the previous AP, and then associate with
> > > the first AP with MAC "00:...:ff".
> > > 
> > > Am I missing anything here?
> > 
> > No, I missed something. The problem will only occur when the SSID is
> > hidden as well, because the connect code will not have the SSID and not
> > know what to scan for, or which SSID to choose (there are Cisco APs that
> > use the same BSSID for multiple hidden SSIDs).
> 
> Well, in the confusion I deleted the original post.  Could you
> (i.e. Shanyu Zhao) resend it to me?

Sorry -- I wasn't clear. My mail missed something in describing the
problem, but that doesn't change the fact that the patch will break it.

johannes

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