On Mon, 2014-08-04 at 13:35 -0500, Dan Williams wrote: > NetworkManager will only connect to wifi networks which the user (or > some client) has told NetworkManager to previously connect to, as a > security measure. However, if you'd like get this behavior, you can > write a small client that watches the scan list advertised by NM and > then creates a temporary connection for any unprotected network. I'm > happy to explain more on this if you'd like.
Of course, just because a network is "unprotected", doesn't mean it's usable. Most unsecured APs I see these days are the kind where you need to enter a password (or accept terms and conditions, etc) through a web page, and there's not a lot of value in auto-connecting to such a network. Simon. _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
