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Subject:    Re: How to configure supplicant to only scan but not associate to AP
From:       Binesh <bbinesh () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-11-22 9:37:31
Message-ID: CAHSwKujg4PsKQ_UcV9na9ERmmYOeKJd5_yvXWGQXEKaDLqDwmQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi Jouni and Ben,

Thanks for your suggestions.

Would setting wpa_s->conf->ap_scan to 1 help? (and 2 when association is
required?) ofcourse if associated, the code coudl first disconnect.

rgds
Binesh

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>wrote:

>  On 11/15/2011 08:39 PM, Binesh wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Assuming I have supplicant.conf in which I have previously remembered
>> networks, is there a way, at runtime to tell the supplicant "only scan for
>> APs, but dont
>> automatically associate with them" ?
>> Looking for a way to either achieve this through
>>  i) modifying a conf value (without removing remembred networks) and
>> reloading conf
>> OR
>> ii) (preferably) some ctrl_iface command that can change the behaviour
>> for that scan cycle alone.
>> Is this achievable on supplicant v6/v8 ? If yes, could someone pls help?
>>
>
> Specify that the station should only associate with bssid of
> 00:00:00:00:00:01
> and it's pretty likely that it will not associate with anything...
>
> Ben
>
> rgds
>> Binesh
>>
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<div>Hi Jouni and Ben,</div>
<div>  </div>
<div>Thanks for your suggestions.</div>
<div>  </div>
<div>Would setting wpa_s-&gt;conf-&gt;ap_scan to 1 help? (and 2 when association is \
required?) ofcourse if associated, the code coudl first disconnect.</div> <div>  \
</div> <div>rgds</div>
<div>Binesh<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Ben Greear <span \
dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:greearb@candelatech.com">greearb@candelatech.com</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; \
PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote"> <div class="HOEnZb">
<div class="h5">On 11/15/2011 08:39 PM, Binesh wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; \
PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hi,<br>Assuming I have supplicant.conf in \
which I have previously remembered networks, is there a way, at runtime to tell the \
supplicant &quot;only scan for APs, but dont<br> automatically associate with \
them&quot; ?<br>Looking for a way to either achieve this through<br>  i) modifying a \
conf value (without removing remembred networks) and reloading conf<br>OR<br>ii) \
(preferably) some ctrl_iface command that can change the behaviour for that scan \
cycle alone.<br> Is this achievable on supplicant v6/v8 ? If yes, could someone pls \
help?<br></blockquote><br></div></div>Specify that the station should only associate \
with bssid of 00:00:00:00:00:01<br>and it&#39;s pretty likely that it will not \
associate with anything...<br> <br>Ben<br><br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; \
PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">rgds<br>Binesh<br><br><br>______________________________<u></u>_________________<br>HostAP \
mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:HostAP@lists.shmoo.com" \
target="_blank">HostAP@lists.shmoo.com</a><br><a \
href="http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/hostap" \
target="_blank">http://lists.shmoo.com/<u></u>mailman/listinfo/hostap</a><span \
class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> </font></span></blockquote><span \
class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>-- <br>Ben Greear &lt;<a \
href="mailto:greearb@candelatech.com" \
target="_blank">greearb@candelatech.com</a>&gt;<br>Candela Technologies Inc   <a \
href="http://www.candelatech.com/" target="_blank">http://www.candelatech.com</a><br> \
</font></span></blockquote></div><br>



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