On 12/22/09, Steven Friedrich free...@insightbb.com wrote:
What does privacy mean and why isn't it explained in any man page?
Here's my ifconfig:
wlan0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:14:a5:2a:a5:db
inet 192.168.2.254 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g
status: associated
ssid FriedrichAir channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:17:3f:f1:3d:50
country US authmode WPA privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 mcastrate 6
mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL
This wlan0 is configured to a NDIS wrapped Windows Ethernet driver.
New in 8.0, the bwi driver supports the same hardware.
When I get the ifconfig for wlan0 when it's configured for he bwi driver,
privacy said ON.
What exactly does privacy mean and do I want it ?
Ignore it, if_ndis.c just forgot to set IEEE80211_F_PRIVACY flag.
It set that flag mistakenly only when WEP is enabled.
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Paul B Mahol
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