Limiting available networks

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I was wondering why my connection kept dropping, then I realised my IP address kept changing. During one of the ifconfig checks I saw that the SSID was a free wifi network. This isn't specified in my wpa_supplicant.

Is there a way to limit the network traffic so that wlan0 only connects to the SSID I specify?
 
Can you post your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf?

EDIT: I found on the gentoo wiki this entry to let wpa_supplicant auto connect to unsecure networks; do you have it in your config file?
Code: 
network={
        key_mgmt=NONE
        priority=-999
}
 
Sure:

Code: 
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
eapol_version=2
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
    ssid="MYNETWORK"
    psk="NETWORKPASS"
    priority=5
}
network={
    priority=0
    key_mgmt=NONE
}

Now, I've just remembered something I did. :(

The first 4 lines went in when I was trying to get the internal wifi card working on iwi0. It's possible that the last network (without SSID) went in then as well, though I don't remember it.

I've commented all those lines out now and will post back.

Edit: The problem persists. My wpa_supplicant is effectively just the following, but it keeps jumping onto the insecure free network:

Code: 
network={
    ssid="MYNETWORK"
    psk="NETWORKPASS"
    priority=5
}
 
tingo said:
Are you using something else than wpa_supplicant and DHCP client to configure your network connection?
Click to expand...

Not on FreeBSD. DHCP is controlled by the router but I don't believe I've set anything else around networking. If there's anywhere else I should look/check I'll gladly relay it.
 
Well, then the only way wpa_supplicant can connect to an unsecured network is if you have
Code: 
network={
   priority=0
    key_mgmt=NONE
}
in your wpa_supplicant.conf file. Perhaps you didn't use the correct way to comment them out? Or perhaps you didn't restart wpa_supplicant afterwards?
 
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