Connect to ssid with spaces

[mafkees1233]

Hi, I'm trying to connect to my wifi. It works fine if the ssid doesn't have spaces but it doesn't if there are spaces. I tried nwid, join, with and without quotes.

Current hostname.bwi

nwid "North Ailey Farm" wpakey "password"
dhcp

I have 8 access points and loads of people using the wifi so changing the ssid is a problem

[jggimi]

It doesn't if there are spaces...

Works for me with quotations. I can even use them in passphrases.

$ ifconfig rtwn0 joinlist

rtwn0: flags=208843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,AUTOCONF6> mtu 1500
         lladdr ec:55:f9:c6:f9:40
        index 2 priority 4 llprio 3
        groups: wlan egress
        media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1 mode 11b)
        status: no network
        ieee80211: nwid "nondescript black Escalade" wpakey wpaprotos wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher ccmp
              ALTTROY2                     wpaprotos wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher ccmp
              "Welcome to the matrix"      wpaprotos wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher ccmp
              PANERA                      
              "nondescript black Escalade"  wpaprotos wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher ccmp

[jggimi]

And, this discussion in bugs@ just in:

https://marc.info/?t=155652181800001&r=1&w=2

[mafkees1233]

Well, I hope I'll figure it out before Saturday.
That's the day my thinkpad t420 arrives
Just practising on another laptop so I'm prepared

[mafkees1233]

Got my thinkpad today and wifi was working in seconds.
It's all about the hardware I guess :-)