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Date:      Fri, 5 May 2006 08:02:13 -0400
From:      Ross Lippert <lippert@math.mit.edu>
To:        Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de>
Cc:        wpaul@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ndis0 won't set ssid on freeBSD 6.0
Message-ID:  <20060505120213.GB899@math.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20060505124206.0599ed62@localhost>
References:  <20060505021057.GA15674@math.mit.edu> <20060505124206.0599ed62@localhost>

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ifconfig ndis0 ssid "word" bssid "-"
ifconfig ndis0 ssid "word" bssid "00:11:50:2d:9e:6e"

Both succeed in setting the bssid but neither one sets the ssid.
Also doesn't work with the hex variants of the ssid.

Did I do that right?


-r
On Friday,  5 May 2006 at 12:42:06 +0200, Fabian Keil wrote:
> Ross Lippert <lippert@math.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I have gotten the f5d8010 card to work with a ndisgen-ed
> > WniHdd51 driver from NetGear.  dmesg recognizes it, ndis0
> > shows up when I ifconfig, it seems to have everything,
> > except ssid, as in
> > 
> > ifconfig ndis0 ssid "word"
> > 
> > and still the ssid is listed as "".  Switching to hex
> > (ssid "0x65666665" for example) doesn't help.  I have looked
> > for ssid problems in the PRs and not found one.
> > 
> > Any recommendations welcome.
> 
> Try to set the ssid together with the bssid.
> 
> Fabian
> -- 
> http://www.fabiankeil.de/



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