Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] wpa_supplicant: Implement time-based blacklisting

On 06/03/2020 03:14 PM, Brian Norris wrote:
> From: Kevin Lund <[email protected]>
>
> wpa_supplicant keeps a blacklist of BSSes in order to prevent repeated
> associations to problematic APs*. Currently, this blacklist is
> completely cleared whenever we successfully connect to any AP. This
> causes problematic behaviour when in the presence of both a bad AP and
> a good AP. The device can repeatedly attempt to roam to the bad AP
> because it is clearing the blacklist every time it connects to the good
> AP. This results in the connection constantly ping-ponging between the
> APs, leaving the user stuck without connection.

Hello,

If you reload the station configuration in the supplicant (but not restart
the supplicant process), will the blacklisting be cleared as part of this
reload?

Thanks,
Ben

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Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com