On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 11:41:03PM -0700, Dale C. wrote: > I am assumming this is not aberrant behavior to my particular machine and > it may be simply replicated on any -current platform by booting with "dhcp" > in a wireless config with an open AP within range.
This is how our wireless stack has behaved since forever. When the interface comes up for any reason, it tries to find link. If no nwid is set, any nwid will be considered a good enough match. So it's working as designed. Whether or not it's a great design decisions depends on your situation....
