In message <rmik6dg6svu.fsf@fnord.ir.bbn.com>, Greg Troxel writes:
>Using chan doesn't seem likely to work in STA mode, even though it
>seems it should.   With setting bssid, I'd only expect that to work if
>ssid is also set.

Actually, it only works if both bssid and chan are set; otherwise, the
radio powers off.  (Verified by a look at the source; both bssid and chan are
used for JOIN commands.)

But it doesn't seem that, even with bssid and chan both specified, it
actually WORKS.

-s