Re: Hi, NM and hidden ESSIDs

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 00:04 -0400, Ey Ez wrote:
> Unfortunatly, when i type iwlist eth1 scan it doesn't detect my
> wireless network even though it has saved its ESSID and BSSID
> correctly in gconf. I'm using WPA2 personal with CCMP.....

You may have to do it a few times, waiting a bit in between.  Due to the
nature of wireless, not every network shows up every time the card
scans.  NM takes a composite of a couple scans over time.  So if you do
3 scans, waiting 5 - 10 seconds in between, does that show your network?

Dan


> 
> On 4/15/06, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
>         On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 08:53 -0400, Bruno Marc-AurXle wrote:
>         > Hello,
>         >
>         > I use NetworkManager with my IPW2200 and it works like a
>         charm! The only
>         > thing I was wondering is if there was a way for NM to
>         remember a hidden 
>         > ESSID. For a non-encrypted network, it wouldn't be a
>         problem, but for a WEP
>         > encrypted network, is causes me a problem: always rewrite
>         the WEP key.
>         >
>         > Is there a possibility of doing this witht the current
>         implementation or is 
>         > there a way to add this feature (remembering hidden ESSIDs)
>         without
>         > reprogramming a whole buch of stuff?
>         
>         NM should be remembering hidden ESSIDs once you've
>         successfully
>         connected to a specific AP/BSSID at least once.  When NM sees
>         that BSSID 
>         again, it looks up the ESSID for that BSSID and then tries to
>         connect.
>         It may be broken, but if an 'iwlist eth1 scan' shows the BSSID
>         of your
>         access point, then NM should be doing the right thing.
>         
>         For example: 
>         
>               Cell 08 - Address: 00:14:BF:8C:90:28  <--- BSSID
>                         ESSID:""
>                         Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
>                         Mode:Master
>                         Channel:6
>                         Encryption key:off 
>                         Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
>                         Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24
>         36 48 54
>                         Quality:20  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>         
>         It will probably look something like this from 'iwlist'.  If
>         your AP 
>         shows up, there's likely a bug in NM.
>         
>         Dan
>         
>         
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