267368 – [2.6.28 regression] mac80211 and hidden ESSID

Bug 267368 - [2.6.28 regression] mac80211 and hidden ESSID

Summary: [2.6.28 regression] mac80211 and hidden ESSID

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers

URL:	http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=...
Whiteboard:	linux-2.6.29
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Reported:	2009-04-24 18:03 UTC by George Kadianakis (RETIRED)
Modified:	2009-05-11 18:43 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description George Kadianakis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-04-24 18:03:44 UTC

Jonathan Heaney, in bug #262862 discovered a problem with mac80211 being unable to handle APs with hidden ESSIDs.

The problem occurs only in 2.6.28 kernels and is fixed in 2.6.29.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 George Kadianakis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-04-24 18:08:03 UTC

I sent a mail to the linux-wireless mailing list about this bug.
You can find the thread here: 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=124059633132688&w=2

Comment 2 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-05-11 18:43:48 UTC

No apparent fix for 2.6.28, workaround is to use 2.6.29 which we'll work towards stable