Although, this may not be what you are looking for.. I was looking for myself, all the hints on trying to make connecting to hidden SSID networks easier. So your question prodded me to gather the links together.... :)<br>
<br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/WPA_Manual_Setting">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/WPA_Manual_Setting</a><br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Connectivity#SSID_Network_Name">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Connectivity#SSID_Network_Name</a><br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ask_OLPC_a_Question_about_the_Network#manually_adding_a_wireless_network">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ask_OLPC_a_Question_about_the_Network#manually_adding_a_wireless_network</a><br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manual_Wireless_Association">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manual_Wireless_Association</a><br>
<br>Looks like there's an opportunity for some Wiki custodian to cleanup/consolidate the information together.<br><br>Hope that helps,<br>-Ixo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/5/3 Ricardo Carrano <<a href="mailto:carrano@laptop.org">carrano@laptop.org</a>>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi!<br><br>Please contribute with your ideas to the following:<br><br>NYC schools use cloaked access points to provide wireless connectivity.<br>
We currently do not support cloaked APs (and ... ok, they hardly provide any additional security).<br>
<br>Support for cloaked APs is being discussed in #6237 and it involves changes to the UI and to the way NetworkManager orchestrates the starting of the networking (searches for a school server, for previously connected AP, for xo-mpps, etc) and keeps the network view fresh (by passively scanning the medium). Contributions to the ticket are welcome.<br>
<br>While the support is not there, NYC is considering disabling NetworkManager but this is not a good solution for (1) the XO will not boot into sugar and (2) collaboration will not work, because the mesh view will be broken. <br>
<br>They are interested in a way (quick workaround) of doing the configuration manually in a persistent manner and still be able to collaborate. Any ideas?<br><br>Btw, note that:<br>- Manually editing networks.cfg won't work because the scanning (the blinking icon phase in the mesh view) is passive. So, if the AP do not broadcast its SSID it is like it is not there.<br>
- Manually associating to the AP would work but NetworkManager prevents dhcp from working.<br><br>I have a feeling that enabling support to cloaked APs may be quicker than hatching a workaround, but to do it fast we would need help in the NM part.<br>
<br>Cheers!<br><font color="#888888">Ricardo<br>
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