Re: Current 8.0: wpa_supplicant SPAM: Setting ESSID to ""

From: Victor M. Blood <freebsd_at_masm.elcom.ru>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:00:09 +0300
On 17.11.2007, Scot Hetzel wrote:
> On 11/17/07, Victor M. Blood <freebsd_at_masm.elcom.ru> wrote:
>> On 17.11.2007, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
>> > On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 09:55:34AM +0300, Victor M. Blood wrote:
>> >> on ttyv0 (console) after I run wpa_supplicant print messages
>> >> Setting ESSID to ""
>> >> Setting ESSID to "APOINT"
>> >> Setting ESSID to "APOINT"
>> >> Setting ESSID to "APOINT"
>> >> ... and repeat, and repeat
>> >>
>> >> In 7.0 this message not appear? Please help me remove this SPAM. Why
>> >> it shows to me?
>>
>> > Which wireless driver are you using? if_ndis(4), if_ipw(4) or
>> > if_iwi(4)?
>>
>> if_ndis, ndiscvt for bcmwl5.sys
>>
> I'm also using the ndis driver for my Broadcom Wireless adapter, but
> I'm not seeing this problem when wpa_supplicant.

> The only ESSID messages I see are:

> hp010# dmesg | grep ESSID
> Setting ESSID to ""
> Setting ESSID to ""
> Setting ESSID to "TimeMachine"

> hp010# uname -a
> FreeBSD hp010 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Nov 16 03:09:18
> CST 2007     root_at_hp010:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/GENERIC.debug
> amd64

> I'm using version 4.40.19.0 of the broadcom ndis driver from:

>  ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33008.exe

> This file contains both the 32-bit and 64-bit ndis drivers.

> Where did you obtain your bcmwl5.sys file from?  What version are you using?
From driver disk for my Dell inspiron 1300, file version for
bcmwl5.sys - 3.120.27.0.

may be real problems with old driver...?

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With all regards, Victor M. Blood.   mailto: freebsd_at_masm.elcom.ru
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Received on Sat Nov 17 2007 - 18:00:05 UTC

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