WZC: Keeping it on with version 0.5.4

[George S. Lockwood]

Hello Jouni,

Actually, I was able to run the 4.9 binary in parallel with the WZC.  There
might have sometimes been a slowness to connect but not sure.  I did not,
however, see the WZC causing a disconnect???

The primary reason for wanting WZC to run concurrently is for its UI the
"Wireless Network Connections" window for its ability to display the
detected APs.


thanks so much (and I have 2 other questions for you today -I'll open new
threads for them; they aren't related to WZC),

george



On 8/3/06, Jouni Malinen <jkmaline at cc.hut.fi> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 03:21:43PM -0700, George S. Lockwood wrote:
> > I'd prefer to have the Windows Wireless Service running with the
> > wpa_supplicant.  Version 0.5.4 turns WZC off in its init function but
> while
> > commenting that one line does keep WZC alive, the supplicant connects
> then
> > disconnects moments later.
>
> It's not wpa_supplicant disconnecting later--it's WZC killing the
> connection.. Could you please explain what exactly you are trying to do
> and why WZC should be controlling the same interface as wpa_supplicant
> at the same time?
>
> > Apparently, there are other issues.  What might they be?
>
> If you have two programs trying to control the same interface, end
> result is not going to be very stable.. WZC requests the driver to
> disconnect in such a case and in addition, it tries to process EAPOL
> packets which makes negotiations quite confusing since two different
> supplicants are trying to process the packets.
>
> > I know that the earlier versions leave WZC running so I could go back
> and
> > build my modifications on it.  However, I'd like to use the very latest
> and
> > not miss the new enhancements and bug fixes.
>
> With earlier versions, you were required to disable WZC manually. The
> fact that WZC must be disabled has not changed; 0.5.4 is just able to do
> it automatically.
>
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> Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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