Re: [3/3] Do something with trusted networks

[Ted Lemon <mellon fugue com>]

Robert Love wrote:
> First, given no better options and a disconnected state, NM will now try
> to blindly connect to trusted networks, round robin.  The idea being
> that if your card is shitty or the network is hidden, you might not see
> the network.  Also, on boot, NM does not have the network MAC addresses
> and won't see any hidden networks.
>
> Second, trusted networks now persist in the scan list, even if NM does
> not see them.  Like bookmarks or favorites.  This is useful if your card
> is broken and cannot scan, if your card is broken and does not return
> hidden networks, or if your network is hidden and you don't know all of
> the MAC addresses.
>
> What we do here is debatable.  This is one such solution.
>   

It might be worth remembering a flag along with the trusted network data 
that says whether or not the network was hidden.   Since the network 
interface is presumably reasonably stable, you could skip testing the 
ones that previously weren't hidden, and just provide the user with a 
way to say "try this one again" if the network had become hidden after 
having been visible.

Otherwise you could spend a noticeable amount of time hunting through a 
list of networks if it's long.