FS#24806 - [netcfg] AP variable doesn't work / iwconfig deprecated

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Thomas Lucke (Lucky) - Monday, 20 June 2011, 19:10 GMT
Last edited by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Sunday, 03 July 2011, 17:06 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Arch Projects
Status Closed
Assigned To Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
AP variable wouldn't work with netcfg in testing, iwconfig works without problems, but is deprecated now.

Additional info:
netcfg v2.6.1

Steps to reproduce:
this works
IWCONFIG='ap access:point:mac:address'

this fails
AP='access:point:mac:address'
or
AP=access:point:mac:address
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Closed by  Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng)
Sunday, 03 July 2011, 17:06 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  fix pushed for v2.6.2
Comment by Thomas Lucke (Lucky) - Monday, 20 June 2011, 19:13 GMT
sry i forgot the error message if it fails:
> WPA Authentication/Association Failed [FAIL]
Comment by Thomas Lucke (Lucky) - Monday, 27 June 2011, 13:04 GMT
A little typo problem, this patch fix it.

Also write the bssid (mac) in lowercase to wpa_supplicant.conf, because scan_results output is lowercase.
   0001-BSSID-fix-AP-variable-an... (1.2 KiB)

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