Re: Does FreeBSD periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ?
On 2 October 2014 16:30, Julian H. Stacey j...@berklix.com wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28891937 smartphones and tablets regularly broadcast the SSIDs (service set identifiers), or names, of those networks. Does FreeBSD also periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ? Adrian Chadd wrote: Depends if wpa_supplicant is configured to do active scanning or not. -a Sorry, I don't understand ? On latest current: man wpa_supplicant has no '-a' There is no word `active` in man wpa_supplicant.conf I see with default scan_ssid=0 FreeBSD sends a broadcast Probe Request frame. If some network blocks within a wpa_supplicant.conf have scan_ssid=1 then does FreeBSD actively sequence through sending directed Probe Request frames with known net names ? Or are you refering to ap_scan or some other command ? Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com Indent previous with . Interleave reply paragraphs like a play script. Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative. ShellShock - http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/bash/ ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Does FreeBSD periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ?
I believe it only does it when you set scan_ssid=1. -a (This is my sig when I'm lazy/tired. :) On 3 October 2014 03:26, Julian H. Stacey j...@berklix.com wrote: On 2 October 2014 16:30, Julian H. Stacey j...@berklix.com wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28891937 smartphones and tablets regularly broadcast the SSIDs (service set identifiers), or names, of those networks. Does FreeBSD also periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ? Adrian Chadd wrote: Depends if wpa_supplicant is configured to do active scanning or not. -a Sorry, I don't understand ? On latest current: man wpa_supplicant has no '-a' There is no word `active` in man wpa_supplicant.conf I see with default scan_ssid=0 FreeBSD sends a broadcast Probe Request frame. If some network blocks within a wpa_supplicant.conf have scan_ssid=1 then does FreeBSD actively sequence through sending directed Probe Request frames with known net names ? Or are you refering to ap_scan or some other command ? Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com Indent previous with . Interleave reply paragraphs like a play script. Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative. ShellShock - http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/bash/ ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Does FreeBSD periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ?
Depends if wpa_supplicant is configured to do active scanning or not. -a On 2 October 2014 16:30, Julian H. Stacey j...@berklix.com wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28891937 smartphones and tablets regularly broadcast the SSIDs (service set identifiers), or names, of those networks. Does FreeBSD also periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ? Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix'78 C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com Indent previous with . Interleave reply paragraphs like a play script. Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative. ShellShock - http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/bash/ ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
