Re: [PATCH RFC] set SSID before launching wpa_supplicant

[Timothée Lecomte <timothee lecomte ens fr>]

Thiago Bauermann wrote:
> 2006/8/11, Robert Love <rml novell com <mailto:rml novell com>>:
>
>     On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 02:01 -0300, Thiago Bauermann wrote:
>     > NM as it is in CVS today cannot always connect to the LEAP
>     network in
>     > my work. Sometimes wpa_supplicant is able to associate to the
>     AP, and
>     > some times it isn't. I discovered that setting the SSID of the
>     network
>     > on the interface before launching wpa_supplicant solves the problem.
>     > The patch containing the change is attached. What do you think? Can
>     > you apply this? Unfortunately I don't use other wireless
>     networks so I
>     > don't know if this has any nasty consequence...
>     Well, it probably does not hurt anything.  But we should not need it.
>
>
> I forgot to mention the AP doesn't broadcast its SSID. Even when 
> connecting without using NM (just using wpa_supplicant) I still need 
> to "iwconfig ath0 essid foonet" before launching wpa_supplicant.
I don't know if it's completely relevant to this discussion as I did not 
try Thiago's patch, but I am experiencing problems too with my AP which 
doesn't broadcast its SSID. It appears in the applet when I manually ask 
to connect, but the actual connection only succeeds after several 
trials. Like Thiago, when I don't use NM, I always have to to "iwconfig 
wlan0 essid <myssid>" before lauching wpa_supplicant.

My driver : ndiswrapper (Netgear wg511 softmac)

Best regards,

Timothée