[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#431102: wpasupplicant: New version doesn't allow empty essid?

[Kel Modderman]

Hi graziano,

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:41:11 am graziano wrote:
> Package: wpasupplicant
> Version: 0.6.0-1
> Severity: normal
>
>
> Hello there,
>
> since last update, I cannot any longer connect to general public network
> using the clause with an empty essid. To be clear I have
>
> network={
>         id_str="dhcp"
>         key_mgmt=NONE
> }
>
> in my wpa configuration file but I cannot connect to a NETGEAR station
> untill I hadd
>
> network={
>         ssid="NETGEAR"
>         id_str="dhcp"
>         key_mgmt=NONE
>         priority=5
> }
>
> to the configuration. Used to work flawless before.
>

Please show that association fails and not some other higher layer networking 
tool.

Does downgrading to previous wpasupplicant version instantly fix this problem?

Start wpa_supplicant manually with -dd options to capture some debug log.

Thanks, Kel.