wpa_supplicant / ndiswrapper / Dell WLAN 1450 / Slackware

[Philip H. Schlesinger]

Dear Stefan,

Very simple: my D-Link 614+ hides itself quite well from netstumbler. 
Given that I've now seen WPA cracking tools on the Internet (haven't 
tested them yet), I'd rather not advertise if I can help it.

- Phil

Stefan wrote:
> pschlesi at uci.edu wrote:
> 
>> Dear Jouni,
>>
>> Both of those suggestions worked!  ap_scan MUST be set to 1 for my D-Link
>> 614+ (0 or 2 won't work) - it won't talk to it in any other fashion
>> (scan_ssid can be 1 or 0).
>>
>> However, I had to make one modification to my D-Link 614+ (firmware 3.43)
>> - I had to enable the broadcasting of my ssid (which I'd rather not 
>> do).  
>>
> What reason is there not to enable broadcast?
> Not broadcasting the ssid will only fool your neighbor, but someone who 
> is sneeking around your place with netstumbler etc.
> will see that you got an ap running.
> 
>> Is this a wpa_supplicant or a ndiswrapper issue?
>>
>> Ideas?
>>
>> - Phil
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 10:33:56AM -0800, Philip H. Schlesinger wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> wpa_supplicant.conf:
>>>>
>>>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>>>> ctrl_interface_group=0
>>>> #
>>>> # home network; allow all valid ciphers
>>>> network={
>>>> ssid="ssid is entered here (not going to reveal it)"
>>>> scan_ssid=0
>>>> #ap_scan=2
>>>> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>>>> psk="key is entered here (not going to reveal it)"
>>>> }
>>>> #
>>>>
>>>> Note, by the way, that the ap_scan line, while I'd like to use it,
>>>> doesn't work - I get "Line 8: unknown network field 'ap_scan') (this is
>>>> PROBLEM 1)
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Please note that ap_scan is a global variable like ctrl_interface, i.e.,
>>> it cannot be used within a network block.
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Line 1: Invalid configuration line
>>>> 'ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant'.
>>>> Line 2: Invalid configuration line 'ctrl_interface_group=0'.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Looks like you have built wpa_supplicant without support for control
>>> interface. You will need to have CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y line in .config if
>>> you want to use the control interface.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>>
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