Re: connect problem with prism

On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 05:05, Matt Peterson wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 09:22:54PM +0200, Roland van Laar wrote:
> > > 
> > The ENH_SEC option needs firmware 1.6.3 or higher.
> 
> Ahh ok, but the Linux HostAP folks have been disabling (SSID) beacons
> for some time now, before 1.6.x was available; how is this different?
> 
> > > > This patch includes the blocking of a blank or "ANY" ssid.
> > > > And the blocking of ssid broadcasting.
> 
> Arn't these the same?  

There is a difference in not allowing clients with a blank SSID
and the AP not broadcasting the ssid.

> 
> > That's the patch I'm writing; I'm a volunteer @ WirelessLeiden.
> 
> Hah, nice, I was sitting next to Dirk this weekend at a conference.

Cool :) He has helped me out; writing this patch.
> 
> > I'm in the process of testing the  patch.
> > I've discoverd a minor problem in wicontrol -i wi0 not showing in which
> > mode the enh_sec is.
> > The ssid hiding part works :)
> 
> Awesome, get that bad boy comitted!

I will when I have tested the other part too.
Do you know other BSD mailinglists where I I can ask my question
regarding the 1.7.4 firmware?

Roland

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