Subject: Re: ath(4) and stealth AP
To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
List: current-users
Date: 04/19/2006 09:05:51
Rui Paulo wrote:
> Tatoku Ogaito <tacha@tack.fukui-med.ac.jp> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm having a problem with the ath(4) device recently.
>>
>> After the "Big update on ath and net80211",
>> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2006/03/02/0001.html,
>> both of my ath on pci (ThinkPad X31) and ath on cardbus cannot find
>> wireless network which provided by stealth Access Point.
>>
>> Since wi(4) and iwi(4) can connect the same network at same time,
>> I think it is the problem on ath.
>>
>> Also, when I change the AP setting to announce its SSID, ath
>> CAN connect to the network.
>>
>> Has anybody else noticed any problem like this ?
>
> Not with ath, but with ral AND wpa_supplicant. It's unable to
> find the AP is SSID broadcast is off.
>
Is the channel marked for passive scan only?
Sam