hello ben! On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Since I upgraded from Linux 2.6.24, NetworkManager cannot associate my > Intel wireless card, handled by the ipw2200 driver, with my AP, which > has a hidden SSID. > > NetworkManager thinks that wpa_supplicant should be able to scan for > specific hidden SSIDs if the underlying driver advertises > IW_SCAN_CAPA_ESSID, which ipw2200 does since 2.6.25. However, this > doesn't work. > > I have confirmed that NetworkManager is interpreting this capability > flag correctly and checked that wpa_supplicant has the patch that I > was referred to - see the thread on linux-wireless > <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/15560>. > Therefore I believe the driver is at fault. > > This should be fixable by removing the capability flag: > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c > index 6e70460..457c078 100644 > - --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c > @@ -8973,7 +8973,7 @@ static int ipw_wx_get_range(struct net_device *dev, > range->enc_capa = IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA | IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA2 | > IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_TKIP | IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_CCMP; > > - - range->scan_capa = IW_SCAN_CAPA_ESSID | IW_SCAN_CAPA_TYPE; > + range->scan_capa = IW_SCAN_CAPA_TYPE; > > IPW_DEBUG_WX("GET Range\n"); > return 0; > - --- END --- > > Ben. thanks for the patch, could we get it upstream so that we can backport it. don't want to start wireless divergence. kind regards -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
