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Date:      Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:34:51 -0700
From:      Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
To:        Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: dhclient and wpa_supplicant
Message-ID:  <42EEE9DB.80408@errno.com>
In-Reply-To: <42ECD7E7.3000801@computer.org>
References:  <42EAD325.60707@errno.com> <42EAD80C.9060707@errno.com>	<42EBC41E.4070102@computer.org> <42EBC77F.1010601@errno.com>	<42EBD3A0.5070407@computer.org> <42EBF80C.7030702@errno.com> <42ECD7E7.3000801@computer.org>

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Eric Schuele wrote:
> Sam Leffler wrote:
> 
>> Eric Schuele wrote:
>>
>>> Sam Leffler wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eric Schuele wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> <big-snip>
>>>
>>>
>>> Both my APs (home and office) hide their ssids.  One is a wrt54g 
>>> (home), the other is linksys as well... though I forget the model at 
>>> the moment (FWIW its a/b/g).  What can I do to provide the info you 
>>> need?
>>
>>
>>
>> These should work; I've had reports of problems with certain Cisco 
>> ap's.  Note however that configuring an ap to hide it's ssid adds no 
>> real security.
>>
> 
> FWIW... I set my AP to broadcast the ssid.  It then quickly associated 
> with it.  But then dhclient 'broke the association' when it tried to 
> acquire a lease (I have removed the media lines from dhclient.conf)? and 
> subsequent wpa_supplicant attempts would no longer detect or associate 
> with the AP... till I reboot.
> 
> Attached is that log.
> 
> What else can I provide to help.

I'll look into this; thanks.

	Sam



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