[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#409076: wpasupplicant: Necessary to set ESSID in /etc/network/interfaces - confirmation

[Eric Lavarde]

Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 0.5.5-2
Followup-For: Bug #409076


Hi,

I faced a very similar issue, and though the solution I found is
different, I think that it's the same issue and does only appear with certain
drivers. Check
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zd1211/+bug/103366 and the
entry "Conn  said on 2007-04-10", I could imagine that the effect is the
same as adding wireless-essid in /etc/network/interfaces.

Hope this shades some light,
Eric

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages wpasupplicant depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.0.2-1      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libncurses5                 5.5-5        Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libreadline5                5.2-2        GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8                 0.9.8c-4     SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                    3.1-23.1     Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip

Versions of packages wpasupplicant recommends:
ii  dhcp3-client                  3.0.4-13   DHCP Client

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