From patchwork Thu Nov 5 00:49:39 2015 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Ben Greear X-Patchwork-Id: 540229 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [IPv6:2001:1868:205::9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64D391413E3 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 11:50:17 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Zu8kj-0003R6-8K; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:50:09 +0000 Received: from mail2.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.173]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Zu8kg-0002HX-EB for hostap@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:50:07 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (firewall.candelatech.com [50.251.239.81]) by mail2.candelatech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87C5C40A9E6; Wed, 4 Nov 2015 16:49:47 -0800 (PST) From: greearb@candelatech.com To: hostap@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH 2/2] supplicant: Document passive_scan option for wpa_supplicant.conf Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 19:49:39 -0500 Message-Id: <1446684579-30288-2-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.3 In-Reply-To: <1446684579-30288-1-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com> References: <1446684579-30288-1-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20151104_165006_546129_8B3ED085 X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE ( 6.78 ) X-CRM114-Notice: Please train this message. X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.4.0 on bombadil.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (-1.9 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.0 T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] X-BeenThere: hostap@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: j@w1.fi, Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: "Hostap" Errors-To: hostap-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@lists.infradead.org From: Ben Greear This should save the next person to need this behaviour some time. Signed-off-by: Ben Greear --- wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf index 41c55ef..19979d0 100644 --- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf +++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf @@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ eapol_version=1 # networks are found, a new IBSS or AP mode network is created. ap_scan=1 +# Normal scans will do probe requests, which advertise the local station +# to the world. Normally this is fine, but users may wish to do passive +# scanning where the radio should only listen quietly for beacons and not +# do any probe requests. Actual functionality may be driver dependent. +# 0: Do normal scans (default) +# 1: Do passive scans. +#passive_scan=0 + # MPM residency # By default, wpa_supplicant implements the mesh peering manager (MPM) for an # open mesh. However, if the driver can implement the MPM, you may set this to