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On Arch x86_64 I'm having trouble connecting to an AP which is not broadcasting its SSID. I thought at first it was a WPA_Supplicant problem but when I try to associate with the AP using :
iwconfig wlan0 essid AP_SSID
and then do :
iwlist scan
I can't find the AP I'm looking for. I've tried connecting using WICD and via just wpa_supplicant but to no avail.
I have a iw4965 card and am using the wext driver with wpa_supplicant and WICD.
I had it working before I did a system update using wpa_supplicant and it was great but now something has gone awry.
Any ideas on where I could have went wrong? Hope that's enough info.
Thanks.
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You'r not alone,
I have the same problem. Wen't over to my mothers house fired up my laptop and wpa_supplicant and all of a sudden I could not connect to her wireless which I thought was weird since my wireless worked with my own network as well as that in uni. Thought it might be related to wpa_supplicant since I could do
iwconfig wlan0 essid <ESSID>
and get ahold of it and see relevant information in iwconfig but could not recieve an IP with dhcpcd.
Couldn't find a solution though.
Atheros AR242x card in mine using wext driver.
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Sounds like a problem, I'm not convinced its a problem from wpa_supplicant.
I tried reverting to an older stable release of wpa_supplicant but still the same problem, if I use the -d option I get lot's of lines like this :
skip - SSID mismatch
skip - SSID mismatch
skip - SSID mismatch
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
with wpa_supplicant.conf :
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
ap_scan=1
network={
scan_ssid=1
ssid="ESSID"
key_mgmt=IEEE8021X
eap=LEAP
identity="username"
password="password"
}
I've tried every combination of ap_scan and scan_ssid variables possible. I have no clue what the problem is.
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