Thomas M Steenholdt wrote: > > I've been experimenting a bit tonight and this is what I've found. > > AP_SCAN 2 : ESSID is set on the wireless device, but it never > associates. Presumably because it cannot find the AP. > > AP_SCAN 1: ESSID does NOT get set on the wireless device, so does not > work alone - during the device setup phase, if you issue an "iwconfig > wlan0 essid whatever", the device will associate fine. > > So I made a patch to incorporate the two and to prove a point. :) > > Please note, that this patch is intended to prove that the association > to hidden IS possible, even with ipw4965 devices. The patch changes the > AP_SCAN value for hidden networks and I have no clue as to what that > will do for other wireless devices. Also, since I've not gotten > acquainted to very much of the NetworkManager code, there might be > better places to put some of these things. So it should at the very > least be reviewed by someone more familiar with the code than myself. > (there - the disclaimer is double the size of the patch itself ;-p) > > Try it out and let me know how it works for you. > > My testing was performed on Fedora 7 - 0.6.5 version of NetworkManager. > Obviously 0.6.5 is also the version that this patch is most likely to > apply to. > > Good luck. Patch below! > > /Thomas >
Peter opened a bug on this problem - Gnome BUG #464215 /Thomas _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
