Hidden SSID and WPA2

[Alexandre Epert]

Hi,

I forgot to mention that I'm on 2,4GHz band, so I'm not on a DFS frequency and it should work.


Regards,

Alexandre EPERT

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> Subject: Re: Hidden SSID and WPA2
> To: hostap at lists.infradead.org
> From: matthias.may at neratec.com
> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:02:49 +0100
> CC: alex.epert at hotmail.fr
>
> On 12/02/16 16:55, Alexandre Epert wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to have a hidden SSId with WPA-PSK security and as far as I can see I can not connect when hidding SSID.
>>
>> When ignore_broadcast_ssid=0, I can connect with, or without, WPA2 but when ignore_broadcast_ssid=1 (or 2) I can not connect even if I can see when I scan wireless networks.
>>
>> I have to mention that I use hostapd from Realtek because I have to. I use a TP Link WN725N v2 (RTL8188eu) which require a specific (old) version of hostapd :(
>>
>> If I try with another dongle and last version of hostapd, I can not connect to hidden SSID with WPA2.
>>
>> Is there any kind of limitation between hidden SSId and WPA2?
>>
>>
>> I'm 90% sure my problem is from this specific version of hostapd, but I may have missed something.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Alexandre EPERT
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>
> Are you on a DFS frequency?
> Since a station is only allowed to scan passively on DFS frequencies it
> will never be able to find the AP you try to connect to.
> After all how should it know that the AP you want to connect to is
> "that" AP.
>
> Matthias
>
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