From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 26 04:11:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB4F216A41F; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:11:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B86643D49; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:11:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j7Q4BDOo030591; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:11:13 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id j7Q4BDtA030590; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:11:13 -0700 Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:11:13 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20050826041113.GC28894@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20050825134924.GA87803@fit.vutbr.cz> <430E667D.50508@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="L6iaP+gRLNZHKoI4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <430E667D.50508@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: Rudolf Cejka , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to connect to wireless 802.11 AP with hidden SSID X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:11:20 -0000 --L6iaP+gRLNZHKoI4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 05:46:53PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Rudolf Cejka wrote: > > Hello, > > after an upgrade from 5.x to 7.x (Aug 22), I'm unable to connect to > > wireless 802.11 access point, which hides its own SSID, using dhclient > > (manual settings do work, however it is not very good workaround...). >=20 > I can't judge the validity of the patch, but I did want to give a "me too" > on the new dhclient inexplicably blanking a valid ssid when it's started. > The ssid on my APs is not hidden now, although I have seen this behavior > with both hidden and visible ssids. Which device are you using? This certainly sounds like a driver bug to me. I can't seem to trivialy replicate it with the iwi(4) or ath(4) nics I use with me laptop. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --L6iaP+gRLNZHKoI4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDDpZgXY6L6fI4GtQRAjtVAKDbPiem6TCRBcylvu5fJkV2dpOT+ACdEE8o YoVGREbsp4Qe/HmQDe08Pg0= =j5cH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --L6iaP+gRLNZHKoI4--