Re: [PATCH RFC] set SSID before launching wpa_supplicant

[Derek Atkins <warlord MIT EDU>]

Quoting Thiago Bauermann <thiago bauermann gmail com>:

> I forgot to mention the AP doesn't broadcast its SSID. Even when connecting
> without using NM (just using wpa_supplicant) I still need to "iwconfig ath0
> essid foonet" before launching wpa_supplicant.
>
> > What wireless driver do you have?
>
> I'm using madwifi-ng 0.9.1

For what it's worth I was having trouble with NM attaching to a network
that doesn't broadcast its SSID using the madwifi-ng driver..  When I
tried it yesterday it just couldn't associate properly.

-derek

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