[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#368770: wpasupplicant: takes a long time to associate to WEP protected hidden-SSID network

[Marc Haber]

Package: wpasupplicant
Severity: normal

Hi,

one of my networks is still WEP protected and has its SSID hidden. My
configuration:

iface wlan-some-site inet dhcp
        wpa-driver wext
        wpa-ssid some-ssid
        wpa-key-mgmt NONE
        wpa-wep-key0 <deleted>
        wpa-ap-scan 1
        wpa-scan-ssid 1

The wireless LAN interface takes a long time to associate with the
network. I frequently need to try ifup eth1=wlan-some-site multiple
times before the network eventually comes up. While waiting, iwconfig
eth1 shows that no ssid and no wep key has yet been configured into
the card, so wpasupplicant seems to be waiting for something before
doing so.

Manually configuring the ssid and key makes the interface associate
immediately.

Greetings
Marc

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