[Server-devel] Hidden SSID and Proxy settings

[Dr. Gerald Ardito]

Thanks, all, for the support.
I'll let you know how it goes.

I am also working to set up a schoolserver in this school, to ultimately
mitigate this problem.

On that note, how do you configure the XS to work with a proxy server?

Thanks.
Gerald

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Martin Langhoff
<martin.langhoff at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito
> <gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am trying to connect XOs in a school which as a wireless network with a
> > hidden SSID. Additionally, the school requires proxy settings to
> establish
> > internet connections.
> > Can someone help me with this?
>
> Very tricky. The Sugar side won't wandle this situation very well at
> all. GNOME can handle it.
>
> Under Sugar
>
>  - You may be able to set the proxy setting with a pac file. Pia Waugh
> reported once that it worked with 8.2.1, but I don't think she
> documented it.
>
>  - Hidden SSIDs are not handled well at all by Sugar's network
> neighbourhood.
>
> cheers,
>
>
> m
> --
>  martin.langhoff at gmail.com
>  martin at laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC
>  - ask interesting questions
>  - don't get distracted with shiny stuff  - working code first
>  - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/attachments/20110201/02854504/attachment.html>