netdev - Hidden SSID's

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Message-ID: <45BACB71.2080107@lwfinger.net>
Date:	Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:48:01 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Hidden SSID's

Is there a convention regarding the information that a wireless MAC layer should provide when
reporting scan data from an AP with a hidden SSID?

In ieee80211, the software inserts the string "<hidden>" for such an AP, which seems to give
wpa_supplicant fits because it rejects the SSID before even looking at the encryption data. Is this
the normal convention?

Thanks,

Larry

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