Re: Bug report: Can connect with 'wext', but not 'nl80211'

"Matthias G." <[email protected]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:45:01 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general,gmane.linux.drivers.hostap
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 2022-11-30 at 21:29 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Sounds like the AP is broken and doesn't like some elements wpa_s
> includes when nl80211 has certain capabilities ...
>=20
> Not sure what we can do about that - maybe there's a way to
> selectively
> disable certain capabilities in wpa_s?
>=20
> johannes

Just for reference, both my Windows 10 and my Android phone can connect
to this 'Congstar'-labelled device without further configuration. I
don't know what Windows and Android are doing behind the scenes though.

Also, I'm not subscribed to either mailing list, so if you'd like more
information please answer directly.

Regards,
Matthias