how to hide the accesspoint

[Bruno Randolf]

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you probably have an old version of the firmware.

> enh_sec: "enhanced security" bitfield
>         0 = options disabled (default)
>         1 = hide SSID in beacon frames
>         2 = ignore clients configured with "ANY" (broadcast) SSID
>         (3 = both options)
>         Note! This requires STA f/w ver 1.6.3 or newer
read this:      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

this means, you need at least STAtion firmware 1.6.3

you can see which f/w you have with "hostap_diag wlan0"

mine shows:
Host AP driver diagnostics information for 'wlan0'

NICID: id=0x8013 v1.0.0 (PRISM II (2.5) Mini-PCI (SST parallel flash))
PRIID: id=0x0015 v1.1.1
STAID: id=0x001f v1.7.4 (station firmware)

or you read the kernel log (dmesg)

http://linux.junsun.net/intersil-prism/ may be helpful on how to upgrade the 
firmware.

bruno


On Wednesday 04 August 2004 16:15, Christian wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  when i try to hide the AP, i get the following error:
>  ------------
>  # ./prism2_param wlan0 enh_sec 1
>  Interface doesn't accept private ioctl...
>  prism2_param (8BE0): Operation not supported
>  #
>  ------------
>
>  What could this be? Is this feature not supported by my WLAN Card
>  (Netgear MA311)?
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Chris
>
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