My problem was related to connman using wpa_supplicant in wext mode instead
of nl80211.  No patching required!

Wext mode resulted in a WPA AP being selected if it had a higher signal
strength than a WPA2 AP with the same ssid.  nl80211 mode selects WPA2
regardless.


On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:08 PM, James Zipperer <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Actually, my patch doesn't seem to work.
>
> The problem does seem related to how connman is controlling
> wpa_supplicant.  If I use wpa_cli instead of connman, it seems to make the
> right decision about which network to connect to.
>
> Any ideas why using connman would result in choosing the WPA network over
> the WPA2 network?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:30 PM, James Zipperer <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think this may solve the problem I am seeing with WFA certification.
>> Please let me know if this is the right way to solve it.  In the case where
>> both RSN and WPA are available, prefer RSN over WPA.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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>> *James Zipperer*
>> Software Engineer
>> Synapse Product Development
>>
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