RE: networkmanager-0.9.8.9 will not connect to wifi with non-broadcast ssid

[John Frankish <j-frankish slb com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Frankish
> Sent: Friday, 25 April, 2014 17:41
> To: networkmanager-list gnome org
> Subject: networkmanager-0.9.8.9 will not connect to wifi with non-broadcast
> ssid
>
> I've been trying to connect to a wap that does not broadcast the ssid for a
> while without success.
>
> Using the same setup with wpa_supplicant manually works using the
> wpa_supplicant.conf below.
>
> Apparently "scan_ssid=1" is required for non-broadcast ssid (and perhaps
> also ap_scan=2).
>
> I cannot find where networkmanager/network-manager-applet stores the
> wpa_supplicant.conf to check if it is using scan_ssid=1, is there a way to find
> out?
>
> The connection details are also copied below and the networkmanager
> debug output attached - maybe networkmanager doesn't wait long enough
> to connect?
>
> Regards
> John

After some more checking I can confirm that networkmanager/network-manager-applet will connect to a wap that 
does broadcast the ssid, which seems to confirm that the issue is with wap that do not broadcast the ssid.