severity 892152 wishlist tags 892152 + wontfix thanks On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 03:22:09AM +0000, Schorschi Decker wrote:
> What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> ineffective)?
> Testing was consistent, it appears the essid parameter is completely ignored
>
> What was the outcome of this action?
> Command # iwlist wlan0 scanning essid sample
> multiple cells returned but ssid sample is only one cell matching
>
> What outcome did you expect instead?
> A single cell, and only a single cell should be returned
As the manpage says, options to the iwlist scanning command are
card-dependent, and ignored by most drivers. It seems that your wireless
card or the driver for your wireless card does not support scanning for
a single ESSID.
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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <[email protected]>
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