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Re: [PATCH] libertas: add auto auth mode feature

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On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 14:21 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 14:08 +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> 
> > However from a different point, how can you try open mode first and
> > detect a failure. Isn't this suppose to be the other way around, try
> > shared first and then fall back to open?
> 
> No, why? If open doesn't get rejected, it should be ok to use.

Unless the AP filters by MAC address; some don't reject open auth in
this case they just accept the device.  I too was under the impression
that it was shared first, open second.  Since shared is much more likely
to get rejected.

Dan


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