if PA is hidden and client cannot see AP's ssid, what should put for wpa_passphrase?

[hong zhang]

Dan,
   
  I look at my AP beacon and find two ucastcipher. One is tkip and another one is ccmp. I can not make it as only one ucastcipher ---tkip. I do not want to have ccmp.
   
  Also, how to decide wpa_ie value?
   
  ---henry

Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
  On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 12:42 -0800, hong zhang wrote:
> List,
> 
> wpa_passphrase requires ssidname and passphrase as input. But if one
> client/station wants to associate an hidden AP. That means client
> could not see AP's ssid name (empty). How can we run
> wpa_passphrase without ssid input and wpa_passphrase would not work.

You just have to know the SSID, even if the AP is hidden. You cannot
connect to a hidden AP unless you know the SSID, so you'll have the SSID
for the passphrase anyway.

Dan




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