Re: Cannot connect to a Hidden SSID in 0.6.4

[Derek Atkins <warlord MIT EDU>]

There seems to be some issue with Madwifi/NM/wpa_supplicant that
affects hidden-SSID, unencrypted networks.  See for example
http://madwifi.org/ticket/1030 .. but unfortunately none of
the proposed workarounds seem to work for me.

-derek

Quoting Zach Tibbitts <zach collegegeek org>:

> I'm using NetworkManager 0.6.4 in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.
>
> In Edgy, using NetworkManager 0.6.3, I was able to connect to
> my wireless network, which has a hidden SSID, by clicking on
> "Connect to other network..." and typing in the SSID.  My network
> uses MAC address filtering, and no encryption.
>
> In Feisty, and NM 0.6.4, my SSID appears in the dropdown list of
> available wireless networks after having tried to connect to it a
> few times, just as it appeared in 0.6.3.  However, whether I click
> on the network from the list, or connect to it by manually typing
> in the SSID, NM will not connect to it.  I'll get the little "connecting"
> animation, but neither of the two dots will ever light up, and
> eventually, it will time out, and go back to saying that it is not
> connected to any network.
>
> I was able to use NM 0.6.4 to connect to my neighbor's unsecured
> wireless network, and I was also able to use Gnome's built-in
> network configuration utility to connect to my hidden SSID network.
> Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal, and I'd just connect that way
> except that it doesn't always work, I have to go disable the card and
> reboot to get NM to scan for networks again, and some apps in Feisty,
> such as Gaim, connect to NetworkManager over dbus and won't sign
> in if NM doesn't report a connection.
>
> My router is an Apple Airport Express, and my wireless card is an
> Atheros 11g card using the madwifi driver included in Feisty.
>
> I'd really like to get this sorted out, so any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zach
>
> --
> Zach Tibbitts - zach collegegeek org
> http://collegegeek.org



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