Hi Tim,
we are using connman with a hidden network which actually works, but
there occurs the following strange behavior:
Connman finds the hidden network only by chance, so if we start the
system, connman may or may not connect.
If we run "connmanctl services" the non-hidden networks are always
found, and even the hidden network is displayed if (and only if)
connman connected to it.
If connman haven't connected to it, connman just does nothing until we
scan explicitly for the network by using the following command:
# iwlist wlan0 scanning essid myHiddenNetwork
What if you run a scan wifi in connmanctl?
Actually, sometimes we have to scan multiple times with the upper
command.
So if (and only if) the following command has an output, connman
connects to the network immediately:
# iwlist wlan0 scanning essid myHiddenNetwork | grep myHiddenNetwork
We think that this is NOT a bug of connman, but some strange effect of
our infrastructure.
So our question is:
Is there a way to tell connman to permanently scan for hidden
networks, until it is connected?
No, but connman does autoscan for a while. And actually, you might have
a wrong build configuration
of wpa_supplicant: check if you have enabled CONFIG_AUTOSCAN(*), just
disable this: it does not
handle hidden networks. If you disable this, connman will run its own
fallback mechanism for
autoscan and this one handles properly hidden networks.
Tomasz
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