WPS PBC failure, followed by connect

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Sat Feb 6 07:46:31 PST 2016


On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 09:08:53AM +0100, Morten Bruun wrote:
> I have a setup where I'm running wpa_supplicant as an external registrar.
> 
> When I perform a PBC using the wpa_gui I can connect to the network,
> but in the event history (see below) it looks like I get a failure
> first and the the connection is established. Is this normal behaviour?

Yes, the AP will terminate the WPS exchange with EAP-Failure and
disconnection after the credential has been provisioned. This will show
as a "failed connection" followed immediately by the actual connection
for normal data use based on the newly provisioned credentials.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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