Hi, Reference: > From: Ottavio Caruso <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 15:05:46 +0000
Ottavio Caruso wrote: > On 2 December 2013 14:48, Julian H. Stacey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see uou are only specifying > > ssid="Visitors_XXXXXXXXX" > > & you are not specifying bssid, so whatever is selecting a bssid > > is perhaps picking up an access point at random perhaps at low > > signal strength far away ? > > That was automatically generated by wpa_gui. I didn't even touch the > configuration file. > Now that I've added two more peers, I have replicated entries: > > bash-4.2# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant > ctrl_interface_group=wheel > update_config=1 > > > network={ > ssid="Visitors" > key_mgmt=NONE > auth_alg=OPEN > disabled=1 > } > > network={ > ssid="Visitors" > key_mgmt=NONE > auth_alg=OPEN > disabled=1 > } > > network={ > ssid="Visitors" > key_mgmt=NONE > auth_alg=OPEN > > Notice the "disabled=1" Interesting, I don't have 'disabled' as a keyword in list of parameters in man wpa_supplicant.conf on FreeBSD-10.0-BETA4 > > I suggest you do > > ifconfig wlan0 scan > > then manually select a high power signal (They are the ones with > > the smaller numbers in the S of the S:N columns). > > Shouldn't that be the ones with the highest numbers? No, because I assume with a column marked S:N, that its a normal scenario of signal to noise ratio, logarithmic, negative here (as often rel to 0 dbm = 1mW ? my memory vague :-) so a smaller number is a more powerful signal (roughly doubles each 3.1 db (decibels) I recall, ie 2 ^ ( 3 x 3.1or_so ) = 10. With ifconfig wlan0 scan You can also see on S:N columns that the background noise levels (right N column ) are a lot smaller than the signal levels (left S column) Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Interleave replies below like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative. Extradite NSA spy chief Alexander. http://berklix.eu/jhs/blog/2013_10_30
