[Server-devel] Hidden SSID and Proxy settings

[Dr. Gerald Ardito]

Jon,

The school is in NYC, the land of hidden SSIDs.
I will check out this page and try to make it work in the school.

And, congrats to your grandma.

Thanks.
Gerald

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Jon Nettleton <jon.nettleton at gmail.com>wrote:

> >
> > This wouldn't happen to be in NYC, would it?  I remember reading a long
> time
> > ago that the schools there have a policy that SSIDs can't be broadcast.
> You
> > might deter my Grandma with that, but it's almost pointless as a security
> > measure.
> >
> >
> http://olpcnyc.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/connecting-to-hidden-wifi-networks/
> >
> > That workaround is likely deprecated now, though.
> >
>
> If this is a newer image, one based on F11 then you should be able to
> use nmcli to connect.  Take a look at this page.
>
> http://blog.nixpanic.net/2011/01/connect-automatically-and-immediately.html
>
> Hope that helps. My grandma would still hack it in 2 seconds though :-)
>
> Jon
>
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