dhclient and wpa_supplicant
Sam Leffler
sam at errno.com
Tue Aug 2 03:34:13 GMT 2005
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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