[ale] wpa_supplicant on hidden SSIDs

[Alex Carver]

That list shows the WPC54G versions 1 and 3 (Broadcomm chips) but not
version 2 (Texas Instrument chip).  Searching through the site brings me
to this:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/acx1xx

I think that means I'd need to find another card if I want to avoid
ndiswrapper and hide the SSID on my AP since it doesn't appear that
support is forthcoming in any short time frame.

On 9/26/2013 05:33, James Sumners wrote:
> According to [1], the card should be supported _without_ having to use
> the ndiswrapper. You should be able to use the kernel provided b43
> driver. Then you would need a /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file similar to
> the following:
> 
> ~~~~
> ap_scan=1
> 
> network={
>     scan_ssid=1
>     ssid="HiddenSSID"
>     bssid=68:7f:74:d3:a9:47
>     proto=WPA
>     group=CCMP
>     pairwise=CCMP
>     key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>     #psk="A secret key generated with wpa_passphrase"
>     psk=c86cdc6991f8db814d426c404a5222ff2a957bb795bad2785e1ccd299a2278cb
> }
> ~~~~
> 
> However, it still might not work. I have a Netgear WNDA3100v2 that I
> tried to get working in the same situation a couple months ago. No
> dice. It's the first time I've messed with wireless in Linux in
> several years. I figured support would be better by now, but it's
> still abysmal.
> 
> [1] -- http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/devices?highlight=%28wpc54g%29
> 
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:
>> On 9/25/2013 06:05, James Sumners wrote:
>>> It really depends on the card. Some lspci/lsusb details would help.
>>
>> It's a Linksys WPC54G version 2 (using the Texas Inst. ACX 111 chipset)
>> PCMCIA card.  It worked in XP using the normal Linksys drivers (as long
>> as I checked the option in the config that says connect even though the
>> SSID isn't broadcast).  I picked up the ndis drivers from the install
>> disk to use with ndiswrapper.
>>
>> If the AP is not broadcasting the SSID, debugging info on wpa_supplicant
>> shows that it scans over and over again but, because it can't see the
>> SSID, it skips the AP (the AP's MAC does show up in the scan list).
>> Once I turn on SSID broadcast, wpa_supplicant connects.
>>
>>
>> Here's lspci -v for the specific card:
>> 02:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless
>> Interface
>>         Subsystem: Linksys WPC54G v2 802.11g Wireless-G Notebook Adapter
>>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>>         Memory at 30020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
>>         Memory at 30000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
>>         Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
>>         Kernel driver in use: ndiswrapper
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:
>>>> Has anyone ever gotten wpa_supplicant to connect to hidden ssids?  I
>>>> just got the wireless card on the laptop installed (ndiswrapper) and was
>>>> trying to connect to my AP which has broadcast disabled.  I couldn't
>>>> connect no matter what I tried (ssid_scan=1, ap_scan=1 and 2).  It
>>>> connects fine with broadcast enabled so the card is working.
>>
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