Wireless scanning support in orinoco driver

[Paul Gonin]

Hi,

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience.

On my side I have been able to scan for networks for which I didn't have 
a key. As you said it is certainly bound to the firmware of your card.

I'll check the version of my firmware the next time I get my hands on 
the card.

All the best.
Paul

Moustafa A. Youssef wrote:
> Hi,
>    Based on my experience:
>    - Scanning mode is designed to work in infra-structure mode (managed) 
> as responding to a probe request is a function implemented by access points
> (and not stations).       - Currently, the scanning works on the essid 
> you're using. This is not required in general. For example, you can be 
> connected
> to a network with essid ABC and scanning a network with essid XYZ. Using 
> 'any' as essid enables you to view all networks.
>    - You are able to scan networks for which you have the enc. key (a 
> strange restriction as scanning should work without assoicating with the 
> AP but this seems
> like a restriction from the firmware). If you turn enc. off, you are 
> able to scan for all open networks. If you want to scan for enc. 
> networks, you need to have their
> keys.
> 
> Best,
>    Moustafa
> 
>> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 08:07:03 -0500
>> From: Paul Gonin <paul-ml at gonin.net>
>> To: wireless at lists.samba.org
>> Subject: Re: Wireless scanning support in orinoco driver
>>
>> Well, I will answer to myself if this is of interest for anyone...
>>
>> Based on my experience (i.e. I don't have solid prooves for that), 
>> scanning with the wireless tools should be performed with the 
>> following setup :
>> mode: Managed
>> essid: any
>> encryption: off
>>
>> Otherwise you might not be able to discover some networks.
>>
>> P.
>>
>> Paul Gonin wrote:
>>
>>> Hi !
>>>
>>> By the way, is there a recommended setup for scanning (encryption 
>>> off...), or should it work the same in any configuration ?
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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