I noted what was said about hidden SSID problems using SuSE and
Knetwork manager:
Kai Ponte wrote:
On Thu, July 26, 2007 2:27 pm, Johannes Nohl wrote:
I don't know for those of you in Gnome-land, but in KDE with
KNetworkmanager (the KDE front end to networkmanager) you right
click
the icon in the system tray, and you'll be presented with a list of
available wifi networks.
I'm using exactly knetworkmanager even under gnome or xfce.
If you want to connect to another - for example, one that has a
hidden
SSID like mine - then you select "Connect to other" and enter the
gory
details.
The adhoc network with enabled SSID interferes with the infrastructure
network with hidden SSID. I use "Connect to other" and, if there's no
adhoc network with same SSID around, it connects to the hidden SSID.
Like it should do.
But if there's a network with same SSID Networkmanager connects to it
no matter if you have choosen a different (the infrastructure network
in my case) originally. Result is that Networkmanager tries to connect
to the adhoc with shown SSID and fails of course.
My eth1 setup includes a passphrase and ESSID for my current wireless
router. I expect to take my laptop "on the road" and use it in various
places which provide WiFi. If the identifying name of the network is
not apparent, how do I set it up? The "connect to other wireless
network" option on the knetwork manager requires that I fill in an
ESSID. So, if I can't get the name, what do I do?
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Best regards,
Dennis J. Tuchler
University City, Missouri 63130
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