BWN WLAN wpa_supplicant ssid mismatch no carrier

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:58:31 -0800
"Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean at speakeasy.org> wrote:

> FreeBSD 9.0 as of June 1, 2012.
> 
> I have an older laptop with a PC Card Linksys WiFi adapter.
> 
> I cannot connect to a close-by (2 ft) wireless router.
> 
>  > cat rc.conf
> ...
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"

you must add here the ssid to be used.

> wlans_bwn0="wlan0"
> ...
> 
>  > cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> network={
>    ssid="tddhome"
>    psk="...."
> }
> 
> # wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -ddt
> ...
>   0:  < the correct router> ssid='' wpa_ie_len=22 ...
>    skip - SSID mismatch
> ...
> 
> The interface is seeing the correct router
>  > ifconfig -v wlan0 list scan
> ...
> 
> SSID<tddhome> ... WPA<v1 mc:AES-CCMP uc:AES-CCMP km:8021X-PSK> ...
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

You must tell ifconfig which ssid to use.

Erich