cvs commit: src/sys/dev/wi if_wi.c

[Brian F. Feldman]

Jeff Roberson <jroberson at chesapeake.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Brian Feldman wrote:
> 
> > green       2003/11/04 15:47:19 PST
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/dev/wi           if_wi.c
> >   Log:
> >   Truly fix the lockup mentioned in 1.153.  The PRISM hardware is not
> >   capable of functioning in HostAP mode with a zero-length SSID, so
> >   use " " if one is not set.
> 
> I think you should use some non-whitespace string.  Otherwise users wont
> be able to tell what the ssid is if they want to refer to it specifically.
> What about "-" or "default" instead?

In the context that most users will see it, here's what the default looks 
like now:

wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::240:36ff:fe01:b0f7%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 
        ether 00:40:36:01:b0:f7
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <flag0,hostap> (DS/2Mbps <hostap>)
        status: associated
        ssid " " 1:" "
        stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
        channel 3 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
        wepmode ON weptxkey 1
        wepkey 1:40-bit wepkey 2:40-bit wepkey 3:40-bit wepkey 4:40-bit

If you still feel it should be different, I'll change it to "<default>" I 
guess, but I tried to pick the "most empty" SSID I could, in lieu of what 
would otherwise be the "completely empty" SSID.


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