Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Hiding the ad-hoc network

On 18/02/14 09:41, Dirk van der Walt wrote:

Hi List,

Although not strictly Batman-adv related I was wondering if someone here knows how to 'hide' the Ad-hoc network of the mesh.

Another person asked the same on the OpenWrt forum but no-one gave him a proper or clear answer:

https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=44665

I've managed to get hold of him and he said he still has no clear answer on this one.

"Hiding" means not broadcasting the SSID (like it can be configured for AP mode) and this is not allowed by the current cfg/mac80211 kernel module. It is quite out of the standard and requires some "hacks" that the maintainers will probably never like.

Regards,