Not sure if this is already a known issue, but I discovered a problem with identifying and connecting to WiFi networks that have a space character in the network SSID. This was specifically a problem with FreeBSD unable to connect an iPhone hot spot which uses the device's name as the SSID for the wireless network that it projects.
For example, if my phone's name is "Frank's iPhone" and the hot spot feature is enabled, FreeBSD would detect that the wireless network exists but couldn't capture the SSID of the network. It would instead represent the network using what appeared to be a hexadecimal address. Attempting to connect to the network would fail.
The issue could be replicated by running the following command:
Likewise, the commonly used tool "WiFi Networks Manager", version 1.23, would produce the same result within it's graphical user interface.
Using the above example, if the phone was renamed to "Frank" and the hot spot feature remained enabled, FreeBSD could then detect that the wireless network exists, print out the SSID ("Frank"), and successfully connect to the network.
This is an issue within the following FreeBSD operating system: FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p2 amd64
For example, if my phone's name is "Frank's iPhone" and the hot spot feature is enabled, FreeBSD would detect that the wireless network exists but couldn't capture the SSID of the network. It would instead represent the network using what appeared to be a hexadecimal address. Attempting to connect to the network would fail.
The issue could be replicated by running the following command:
ifconfig wlan0 up scan
Likewise, the commonly used tool "WiFi Networks Manager", version 1.23, would produce the same result within it's graphical user interface.
Using the above example, if the phone was renamed to "Frank" and the hot spot feature remained enabled, FreeBSD could then detect that the wireless network exists, print out the SSID ("Frank"), and successfully connect to the network.
This is an issue within the following FreeBSD operating system: FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p2 amd64