On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:52:52 -0400
"John W. Linville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 07:26:57AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> 
> > > $ bin/iw dev wmaster0 info
> > > Band 1:
> > >         Frequencies:
> > >                 * 2412 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > >                 * 2417 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > >                 * 2422 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > >                 * 2427 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > >                 * 2432 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > >                 * 2437 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > >                 * 2442 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > >                 * 2447 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > >                 * 2452 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > >                 * 2457 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > >                 * 2462 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> > 
> > It is the passive scanning that is killing you. For hidden essid, you
> > need an active scan. You need to implement the CRDA
> > (http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA), which will
> > get your system to provide active scanning.
> 
> Hmmm...does the user have CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY=y?  That is
> supposed to enable identical behavior to what we had before w/o
> requiring CRDA.

No, CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY is indeed unset.

> John W. Linville

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