There seems to be some issue with Madwifi/NM/wpa_supplicant that affects hidden-SSID, unencrypted networks. See for example http://madwifi.org/ticket/1030 .. but unfortunately none of the proposed workarounds seem to work for me.
-derek Quoting Zach Tibbitts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm using NetworkManager 0.6.4 in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn. > > In Edgy, using NetworkManager 0.6.3, I was able to connect to > my wireless network, which has a hidden SSID, by clicking on > "Connect to other network..." and typing in the SSID. My network > uses MAC address filtering, and no encryption. > > In Feisty, and NM 0.6.4, my SSID appears in the dropdown list of > available wireless networks after having tried to connect to it a > few times, just as it appeared in 0.6.3. However, whether I click > on the network from the list, or connect to it by manually typing > in the SSID, NM will not connect to it. I'll get the little "connecting" > animation, but neither of the two dots will ever light up, and > eventually, it will time out, and go back to saying that it is not > connected to any network. > > I was able to use NM 0.6.4 to connect to my neighbor's unsecured > wireless network, and I was also able to use Gnome's built-in > network configuration utility to connect to my hidden SSID network. > Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal, and I'd just connect that way > except that it doesn't always work, I have to go disable the card and > reboot to get NM to scan for networks again, and some apps in Feisty, > such as Gaim, connect to NetworkManager over dbus and won't sign > in if NM doesn't report a connection. > > My router is an Apple Airport Express, and my wireless card is an > Atheros 11g card using the madwifi driver included in Feisty. > > I'd really like to get this sorted out, so any help is appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Zach > > -- > Zach Tibbitts - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://collegegeek.org > -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
