query regarding ctrl_iface for WPS PIN method

Abbhishek Misra abhishekfishy2000 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 24 00:49:34 EDT 2013


Thanks Jouni,

I'll make provision for using scan result is ssid is specified.


On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 05:28:00PM +0530, Abbhishek Misra wrote:
> > I guess it will be ok not to scan and determine bssid from ssid instead
> one
> > could use 'any' in the above call.
> >
> > I do not think that is going to cause any conflict as either user would
> be
> > providing PIN or supplicant will randomly generate it and that will
> easily
> > resolve which AP we wish to connect.
>
> This should be fine for most use cases.
>
> > This however raises another question
> > Why is there a provision to provide bssid at all?
>
> It can be convenient to speed up AP selection and to reduce possibility
> of getting connected to incorrect AP if the user already knows or can
> easily select the AP from scan results.
>
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Regards
Abhishek Misra
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