[Server-devel] Hidden SSID and Proxy settings

[Dr. Gerald Ardito]

Hello again,

I am just getting back to this.

I have tried the instructions on the wiki at:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Connectivity#SSID_Network_Name

But these instructions do not seem to work. After making the changes,
nothing shows up in the Neighborhood view.

I had success starting in Gnome, then connecting to the hidden network. And
this kept when I switched back to Sugar.
But, when I restarted, the hidden network was still hidden, and I had to do
this again.

Is there anyway to make this change permanent?

What can I do? Again, we are running the laptops on version 10.1.3.

Many thanks.
Gerald

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito
<gerald.ardito at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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