[Server-devel] [support-gang] Hidden SSID and Proxy settings

[James Cameron]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 08:54:37PM -0500, Dr. Gerald Ardito wrote:
> 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.

Let's diagnose that step a bit further, shall we?

When using this workaround, nothing should show up in the Neighbourhood
View, unless there are other XOs on the same network.  If there are no
other XOs on the same network, then nothing should show up.  Instead,
test using Browse.

The page didn't explain it properly, so I've updated
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Connectivity#SSID_Network_Name

Have you yet tried Jon's suggestion of nmcli?  He pointed you at
http://blog.nixpanic.net/2011/01/connect-automatically-and-immediately.html

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/