WPS PIN timeout in wpa_supplicant

[marten.wikstrom at keystream.se]

>> I have a question regarding the timeout of 120 seconds for wps_pin
>> command
>> in wpa_cli. Does this timeout come from the WPS specification or is it
>> just chosen the same as the timeout for WPS PBC?
>
> There is no specification requirement for this and the same timeout
> seemed reasonable for most PIN use cases.
>
>> The reason for the question is that I'm trying to fit in wps support in
>> an
>> embedded system without user interface and a PIN printed on a label. As
>> I
>> understand WPS PIN, the user should only have to enter the PIN of the
>> device in the AP and then everything should be configured automatically
>> from there. But if I start wpa_supplicant and wps_pin when the device
>> boots, it will stop working after two minutes. Am I missing something
>> here? Is there another way to do it? Obviously I can make a two-minute
>> loop and restart wps_pin every other minute, but to me it doesnt feel to
>> be the right way.
>
> If the device is battery powered, I would not expect that you would like
> to keep it actively scanning and association with WPS APs all the time.
> If that is not an issue for the device, sure, you could do this. At this
> point, running wps_pin command every couple of minutes is indeed the
> only way to implement that. It should be relatively simple to extend the
> wps_pin command to take in a timeout value as an optional parameter.

Ok. Then I know. Thanks a lot!

Regards,

Mårten