On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 23:15 +0100, Chris wrote: > On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 15:26 -0500, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 12:55 +0100, Chris Baines wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > When I start my netbook, my home network does not connect > > > automatically, I think this is because it is set to not broadcast. Is > > > there anyway to get around this problem, and if automatic connections > > > do not work for hidden networks why is the option still enabled? > > > > NM should be storing the BSSID of the hidden network if you've ever > > successfully connected to it. Then, NM uses that to match up the hidden > > scan result (the AP still shows up, just with a blank SSID) with the > > real SSID. Can you run: > > > > iwlist wlan0 scan > > > > when this happens to you and report the scan result for your AP? Also, > > does this connection have the "Available to all users" box checked in > > nm-connection-editor? > > > > Dan > > I can confirm that the connection has the available to all users box > ticked and I have attached the output of the command you included both > before I told it to connect and afterwards. I was however unsure what > you meant by AP? > > Chris Any progress on this issue, I was searching round the Internet and found this bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448437 that seams to be the bug I have hit. I will try the workaround in the last comment and get back to you though. Thanks, Chris
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