ndis0 won't set ssid on freeBSD 6.0

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Fri May 5 12:22:07 UTC 2006


On Friday 05 May 2006 09:02, Ross Lippert wrote:
> 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?
>


the ssid appears only when your card gets connected or associated to the AP

you can see the desired ssid with wicontrol ndis0

João


>
> -r
>
> On Friday,  5 May 2006 at 12:42:06 +0200, Fabian Keil wrote:
> > Ross Lippert <lippert at 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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