Re: NetworkManager with hidden ESSID

[Riko Wichmann <Riko Wichmann desy de>]

hi,

Aloisio wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Do you know if there has more than one AP with same SSID in the same
> place?? In large places this is necessary to provide enought signal
> quality. If in the last time you have connected to AP with mac address
> X, nm make an association between X and the SSID, right ? But when it
> gets scan results, you can have X, Y and W APs providing connection
> and both with same SSID, and both hidden. The question is: in this
> case, what nm do ? I will able to connect only on X AP (if the SSID
> appear in list)? Can nm associate more than one mac address to a SSID
> ? The SSID does not appear because Y or W have more sinal quality than
> X ?

Yes, there are at least 2 APs near my office for the same network (see 
my post a few minutes ago). I added the bssid of the second AP to the 
network settings with gconf-editor. However, the network was still not 
recognized after a reboot of the machine.

Cheers,

	Riko