Re: Is SSID broadcast mandatory for NM to authenticate?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 14:30 +0000, itchy optonline net wrote:
> I have found that I can only authenticate with my wireless router if I
> enable SSID broadcast on the router. I would prefer not to. Is there
> something I can tweak in NM instead?

While I would note that SSID hiding is no security at all, NM should be
able to deal with hidden SSIDs.  The first time, use "Connect to other
wireless network" and after that, NM should be able to match the SSID up
with the cached BSSIDs that it's saved and noticed from scan results.

Dan