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

[Ross Patterson]

Kel Modderman <kel at otaku42.de> writes:

> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:30:46 am obi wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 08:07:02AM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
>> > On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 03:50:02 am obi wrote:
>> > > Hello Kel,
>> > > so the log is attached: it keeps telling me that it doesn't know
>> > > how to associate the AP. I'm not sure sure what do you mean for
>> > > higher level tool, but ifconfig and route tells me that I'm not
>> > > online.
>> > Use the '-dd' option to wpa_supplicant, the log did not contain
>> > any debug output.
>> hmmm ... that was the output when starting wpa_supplicant with
>> -dd. I'll give it another try next time I'm around the coffee shop.
>
> Maybe you did, but since the used command was not shown and no useful
> output was in the log I made that assumption.
>
>>
>> > > Btw, running dhcpclient manually (that is not doing ifup which
>> > > brings wpa_supplicant go) brings my interface up and all is
>> > > well.
>> > Show your /etc/network/interfaces configuration.
>> Attached.
>
> Thanks. Only odd thing i see in there after (very quick, need to rush
> off to work) look is "allow-hotplug" but without interface name after
> it.
>
>>
>> > > And downgrading to the stable version (0.5.5-2) fixes it: this
>> > > version works.
>> > It may also help to know what type of wireless card/driver you are
>> > using.
>> ipw2200 and the laptop is a thinkpad T41.
>
> OK.

I can confirm this behavior for both a Core 2 Duo/ipw3945 and a Pentium
M/ipw2200 laptop.  Either laptop won't associate with an open AP unless
there's a network clause that specifies the "ssid" of the AP.  IOW, the
stanza in
/usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/wpa_supplicant.conf.template:

### Associate with any open access point
###  Scans/ESSID changes can be done with wpa_cli
network={
        key_mgmt=NONE
}

doesn't work.  This change happened on both laptops with the new version
of wpasupplicant.

Attached is my /etc/network/interfaces file (mine doesn't have the
allow-hotplug anomaly you noted) and my wpa_supplicant.conf.

Ross

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