Hi,
I've got a wireless router at home and I've been keeping the ESSID broadcast disabled. I use this with my laptop at home. With windows, I still connect no problems. Using Linux, I'm finding:
1) I can enable broadcast, connect, and disable broadcast - stays connected
2) I am not connected next time I turn on my laptop.
Using iwlist scan I can see the network - but using iwconfig shows that its not associated. Is there something I'm missing that can get linux to associate with the wireless network even when its hidden (I know the network name and key)?
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Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Meantime, I can work around by enabling broadcast when I log on to the network (plugging in to the lan wire first, but its a bit of a bother). I'm leaving out some details on equipment since 1) my laptops at home right now, and 2) everything works fine when broadcasting is on, so it doesn't seem to be a hardware problem.
Alex
I've got a wireless router at home and I've been keeping the ESSID broadcast disabled. I use this with my laptop at home. With windows, I still connect no problems. Using Linux, I'm finding:
1) I can enable broadcast, connect, and disable broadcast - stays connected
2) I am not connected next time I turn on my laptop.
Using iwlist scan I can see the network - but using iwconfig shows that its not associated. Is there something I'm missing that can get linux to associate with the wireless network even when its hidden (I know the network name and key)?
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Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Meantime, I can work around by enabling broadcast when I log on to the network (plugging in to the lan wire first, but its a bit of a bother). I'm leaving out some details on equipment since 1) my laptops at home right now, and 2) everything works fine when broadcasting is on, so it doesn't seem to be a hardware problem.
Alex
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