From: David Walker (davidinspectagadget.com.au)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2007 - 17:15:41 CDT

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Clarification.
From ifconfig(8):
bssid bssid
Set the desired BSSID for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces.
and:
nwid id
Configure network ID for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces.
The id can either be any text string up to 32 characters in length, or a
series of hexadecimal digits up to 64 digits. The empty string allows the
interface to connect to any available access points. Note that network ID
is synonymous with Extended Service Set ID (ESSID).

The nwid is the user friendly SSID (e.g. myap) and the bssid is the MAC
address of the AP.
Maybe that's why you wrote:
e.g.-- dhcp nwid something
:]

BTW, I found my bssid by using:
# ifconfig -M device

Best wishes,
David

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Re: Wireless problems.
From: "David Walker" <davidinspectagadget.com.au>
Date: Fri, November 2, 2007 7:05 am
To: miscopenbsd.org
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Cheers.

That looks exactly correct. ifconfig(8).
Specifically "IEEE 802.11 (WIRELESS DEVICES)".
Quote:
bssid bssid
Set the desired BSSID for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces.

Presumably as you say I can change my hostname.if from 'dhcp' to 'dhcp
SSID'. I will find out.

Best wishes,
David

> Hey David,
>
> davidinspectagadget.com.au said:
>> Is it possible to specify an SSID to access at the exclusion of others?
>
> If you read hostname.if(5), you'll see that you can pass any options
that are
> valid for the device using this file. I believe ifconfig(8) provides
more information on the options.
>
> e.g.-- dhcp nwid something
>
> Is this what you meant?
>
> --
> ((name "Aaron Hsu")
> (email/xmpp "aaron.hsusacrificumdeo.net")
> (site "http://www.aaronhsu.com"))

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