Public bug reported:
When i try to reconnect a previously connected Hidden Wi-Fi Network with
WPA authentication, i cannot: the "Connect" button remains disabled
("grayed out"). I attach a dialog screenshot.
This happens under Ubuntu GNOME 16.04.1 and NixOS 16.03 with GNOME 3
desktop.
I am not completely certain, but i think i remember a similar behaviour
under Debian (or possible under another version of Ubuntu?), except that
at the point where the connection dialog just sits there with a disabled
Connect button, i remember a prompt for password popping up.
As it is impossible to simply select and connect a previously used
connection, i have to create a new one and re-enter the WPA password.
In fact, there is another issue that forces me in the first place to
recreate the same hidden connection over and over: normally it should
connect automatically, but almost every day, after i change a few
networks or restart my home DSL modem, my computer stops connecting
automatically to my hidden home Wi-Fi. However, i have not yet learned
to reproduce this issue, so i am not yet submitting a bug report about
it.
This is what i have found in the Internet that might be relevant:
* [Connect to Hidden...select Saved Secure Connection; Connect not
possible](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/446394)
* [Wifi won't reconnect to hidden
network](https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2326825)
** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "dialog screenshot"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1629545/+attachment/4752307/+files/Connect%20to%20Hidden%20Wi-Fi%20Network%20-%20dialog.png
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1629545
Title:
Selecting a known Hidden Wi-Fi Network does not work: "Connect" button
stays disabled
Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
When i try to reconnect a previously connected Hidden Wi-Fi Network
with WPA authentication, i cannot: the "Connect" button remains
disabled ("grayed out"). I attach a dialog screenshot.
This happens under Ubuntu GNOME 16.04.1 and NixOS 16.03 with GNOME 3
desktop.
I am not completely certain, but i think i remember a similar
behaviour under Debian (or possible under another version of Ubuntu?),
except that at the point where the connection dialog just sits there
with a disabled Connect button, i remember a prompt for password
popping up.
As it is impossible to simply select and connect a previously used
connection, i have to create a new one and re-enter the WPA password.
In fact, there is another issue that forces me in the first place to
recreate the same hidden connection over and over: normally it should
connect automatically, but almost every day, after i change a few
networks or restart my home DSL modem, my computer stops connecting
automatically to my hidden home Wi-Fi. However, i have not yet
learned to reproduce this issue, so i am not yet submitting a bug
report about it.
This is what i have found in the Internet that might be relevant:
* [Connect to Hidden...select Saved Secure Connection; Connect not
possible](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/446394)
* [Wifi won't reconnect to hidden
network](https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2326825)
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