wpa_cli quirks?

[Girish]

Kel Modderman wrote:

>RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=27):
>     53 45 54 5f 4e 45 54 57 4f 52 4b 20 30 20 73 73   SET_NETWORK 0 ss
>     69 64 20 22 6b 65 6c 6e 65 74 22                  id "kelnet"
>CTRL_IFACE: SET_NETWORK id=0 name='ssid' value='"kelnet"'
>ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=6):
>     6b 65 6c 6e 65 74                                 kelnet

>
>There seems to be an extra bit on the end of the hexdump when the 
>command is issued from within the console. I have no idea why.


I too had the same problem, when I issued the command like 


/wpa_cli -i eth1 set_network 1 ssid '"abrakadabra"' 
It worked. So you need to add '' over ssid.
/
regards 
Girish
Geodesic