Re: Does anyone understand NetworkManager?

[David Abrahams <dave boost-consulting com>]

"Thiago Bauermann" <thiago bauermann gmail com> writes:

> 2006/8/15, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>:
>
>> On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 12:56 -0400, Darren Albers wrote:
>>> Mmm  Dan/Robert is NM using ap_scan=1 or 2?
>> Depends on the distro-specific package, some patch them.  But in
>> general, we'd like to use _2_ everywhere to force wpa_supplicant to do 
>> what _we_ want, rather than trying to be too clever on its own.
>
> Mmm.... in supplicant_send_network_config() there's the following excerpt:
>
>         /* Use "AP_SCAN 2" if:
>          * - The wireless network is non-broadcast or Ad-Hoc 
>          * - The wireless driver does not support WPA (stupid drivers...)
>          */
>         is_adhoc = (nm_ap_get_mode(ap) == IW_MODE_ADHOC);
>         if (!nm_ap_get_broadcast (ap) || is_adhoc || !supports_wpa) 
>                 ap_scan = "AP_SCAN 2";
>
> For all other cases NM seems to be using ap_scan = 1. Is there a
> reason why ap_scan = 2 is not used more extensively, then?

Does it make a difference, since wpa_supplicant seems to work just as
well for me regardless of ap_scan's value?

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