Re: NetworkManager with hidden ESSID
hi, Aloisio wrote: > Hi, > > Do you know if there has more than one AP with same SSID in the same > place?? In large places this is necessary to provide enought signal > quality. If in the last time you have connected to AP with mac address > X, nm make an association between X and the SSID, right ? But when it > gets scan results, you can have X, Y and W APs providing connection > and both with same SSID, and both hidden. The question is: in this > case, what nm do ? I will able to connect only on X AP (if the SSID > appear in list)? Can nm associate more than one mac address to a SSID > ? The SSID does not appear because Y or W have more sinal quality than > X ? Yes, there are at least 2 APs near my office for the same network (see my post a few minutes ago). I added the bssid of the second AP to the network settings with gconf-editor. However, the network was still not recognized after a reboot of the machine. Cheers, Riko ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: NetworkManager with hidden ESSID
Hi again, I wanted to check both at home and at work before answering the questions. >> I have a problem with NetworkManager at work, where the APs don't >> broadcast their ESSID. At home, where I don't hide the ESSID, there is >> no problem. Actually, I was wrong, also my AP at home hides its ESSID > > Does the AP show up in the scan list if you do a manual "iwlist ethX > scan" as root? It does show up at home (with hidden ESSID as mentioned above). It does *NOT* show up at work. Only after I configured the network entering the ESSID and the WEP key manually, the AP shows up in the iwlist scan. So there is a clear difference between the two locations > >> So, here it goes: I'm running NetworkManager on a Dell D600 and really >> like it, especially the dispatcher feature. However, when I'm at work, >> the internal wireless network does not show up in the list that the >> nm-applet provides. I can connect to it without problem using the >> 'Connect to other wireless networks' option. Then it shows in the list. >> However, next time I reboot the machine and look into the applet, the >> internal network is gone again from the list. It's a WEP encrypted >> network, if that makes any difference. >> >> in ~/.gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks I find a configuration >> for the network, but it never shows up. It kind of defeats the purpose >> of NetworkManager, if you need to configure the same network all the >> time again. > > Does the AP's bssid (looks like a MAC address) show up in the "bssids" > key in the saved settings for that wireless network? NM caches the > BSSID of base stations it's connected to for each wireless network, and > then reverse-matches those to the BSSIDs it finds in the scan list, and > that's how it finds hidden SSID access points. We need to figure out > which part here is breaking down. Yes, the bssid is stored in the settings. In fact, since I saw from the iwlist scan results, that there are apparently 2 APs for the same network, I added the second bssid to the settings manually using gconf-editor. But again, after a reboot of the machine, the internal network was not available in the network list. Thanks, Riko ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
NetworkManager with hidden ESSID
Dear all, I have a problem with NetworkManager at work, where the APs don't broadcast their ESSID. At home, where I don't hide the ESSID, there is no problem. So, here it goes: I'm running NetworkManager on a Dell D600 and really like it, especially the dispatcher feature. However, when I'm at work, the internal wireless network does not show up in the list that the nm-applet provides. I can connect to it without problem using the 'Connect to other wireless networks' option. Then it shows in the list. However, next time I reboot the machine and look into the applet, the internal network is gone again from the list. It's a WEP encrypted network, if that makes any difference. in ~/.gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks I find a configuration for the network, but it never shows up. It kind of defeats the purpose of NetworkManager, if you need to configure the same network all the time again. I googeled already, but didn't find any answer. Am I completely optimistic to assume, that the network should show up, once it was configured correctly? Is there any solution for that? The way it is now, it's useless for me :( I'm running Ubuntu Dapper Drake and tried both the default network manager version, which is 0.6.0 and the lastest (0.6.4) one compiled form sources. Thanks and cheers, a very frustrated Riko ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
