ESP32-C6 WiFi.softAP is always auth open

[mcuw]

Board

ESP32-C6

Device Description

nanoESP32-C6

Hardware Configuration

nothing is connected

Version

latest master (checkout manually)

IDE Name

PlatformIO

Operating System

macOS 14.4

Flash frequency

80 Mhz

PSRAM enabled

no

Upload speed

2000000

Description

Create a WiFI.softAP should create a protected WiFi AP when define a SSID and a passphrase. Instead of of using these values the WiFi AP is always named as ESP_OC... and the wifi auth is "open". So the issue is that a secure connection is not possible. Please double check!

Sketch

WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP);
delay(10);
WiFi.softAP("myssid", "mysecret");

Debug Message

no errors are shown

Other Steps to Reproduce

No response

I have checked existing issues, online documentation and the Troubleshooting Guide

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[lbernstone]

Are you sure there isn't another AP floating around? I am unable to reproduce

[mcuw]

Hi @lbernstone, thanks a lot for your support and it works indeed. I figured out my mistake ... When I started to create an AP without an passphrase - the open auth is in place. Then I added a passphrase with a length of less then 8 characters which is not a valid value for the WiFi.softAP. I missed to check the return value and strange that the wifi connection keep on showing the open auth AP. Even when the new WiFi.softAP is failing with a new firmware.

I have to figure out how I can activate the logging ... with that I would see this error message: log_e("passphrase too short!");

thanks