Re: force connect to hidden wireless network

2011-02-03 Thread Tom Metro
Dan Ritter wrote: > In my experience, wicd does a better job than NetworkManager > with this sort of thing. http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ Looks promising. Unfortunately the Ubuntu package for it conflicts with Network Manager, and wicd doesn't support VPNs. Perhaps it can be force installed, as l

Re: force connect to hidden wireless network

2011-02-03 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 07:41:19PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > iwconfig wlan0 essid "my ssid" > > Most of the time, setting this allowed network manager to connect. > > I tried that in rc.local, and it didn't seem to help., Maybe my > assumption that rc.local runs well befor

Re: force connect to hidden wireless network

2011-02-03 Thread Tom Metro
Jerry Feldman wrote: > iwconfig wlan0 essid "my ssid" > Most of the time, setting this allowed network manager to connect. I tried that in rc.local, and it didn't seem to help., Maybe my assumption that rc.local runs well before X starts is incorrect. I've had a bit better luck with: # force set

Re: force connect to hidden wireless network

2011-01-27 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 01/26/2011 05:30 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > On my Ubuntu desktop I have it configured to automatically connect to my > wireless network, and I have the "Available to all users" option checked > in Network Manager so the connection gets established before I login to > GNOME. > > However, it seems to

Re: force connect to hidden wireless network

2011-01-26 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 05:30:44PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote: > On my Ubuntu desktop I have it configured to automatically connect to my > wireless network, and I have the "Available to all users" option checked > in Network Manager so the connection gets established before I login to > GNOME. > > Ho

force connect to hidden wireless network

2011-01-26 Thread Tom Metro
On my Ubuntu desktop I have it configured to automatically connect to my wireless network, and I have the "Available to all users" option checked in Network Manager so the connection gets established before I login to GNOME. However, it seems to go through periods where it will fail to connect pri