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  1. Bug #127711
  2. Comment #25

Comment 25 for bug 127711

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 127711] Re: network-manager does not reallydeactivate ipw2200

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:39:33AM -0000, fishor wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 October 2008 18:03:45 Alexander Sack wrote:
> > I wonder if we could try to
> > implicitly unset the other config values (bssid, channel) config when
> > the essid config goes from a real value to OFF.
>
> I do not know a lot about wifi implementation, are the any needs to have a
> association scan with essid=off and bssid=some:ap:mac:adress ?
>

not sure either. i think even for hidden essid the essid set here
would be the name of the hidden essid and not empty. Most likely essid
being set to "off" means that no association should be tried. Normal
network scans might be required though.

 - Alexander