Re: [PATCH RFC] set SSID before launching wpa_supplicant

["Thiago Bauermann" <thiago bauermann gmail com>]

2006/8/11, Robert Love <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.
 

> What wireless driver do you have?

I'm using madwifi-ng 0.9.1
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Thiago Jung Bauermann