29 Jan
2010
29 Jan
'10
6:49 p.m.
Hi,
I am not able to establish wireless connection on my wireless router if
I choose "Do not broadcast SSID" setting on the router. I am using
Opensuse 11.2 (KDE 4.3.4). Everything works fine if I choose to
broadcast SSID, but it doesn't connect if the SSID is not broadcasted.
The connection is managed by "NetworkManager". (Just for information, on
Windows, by modifying connection settings, one can connect with "Do not
broadcast SSID" setting turned on.) On Opensuse+kde-4.3.4, there is no
option available with the "KNetworkManager" which allows to make
connection when SSID is not broadcasted.
I don't know if this is opensuse specific problem, as I haven't tried
any other distro for this. From googling I could gather that there
is/was such a problem with other Linux distros like Ubuntu too. On a
positive note, in a tutorial for wireless connection on linux, there was
even this option where one could establish a connection when SSID is not
broadcasted. This tutorial was on Fedora. So I guess that this isn't a
linux specific problem, but its probably distro specific. Or maybe it
could be that I have missed something here. I wonder why I can't find
this option with Opensuse 11.2 (KDE - 4.3.4). Have I to install any
additional packages? If anybody has any experience in this regard, do
let me know.
Regards,
Rajen.
29 Jan
29 Jan
8:11 p.m.
On 01/29/2010 06:49 PM, Rajen M. Parekh wrote:
Hi,
I am not able to establish wireless connection on my wireless router if
I choose "Do not broadcast SSID" setting on the router.
Firstly, why
exactly are you choosing to not broadcast your SSID ? You do
understand that doing so does not really affect the security of your network,
right ? (that is just security by obscurity, for real world security use WPA)
Secondly, just a shot-in-the-dark, with NetworkManager running, right click the
nm-applet and choose the option 'Connect to a Hidden Wireless Network ...' and
check whether that option lets you connect.
hth,
cheers,
- steve
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30 Jan
30 Jan
12:43 p.m.
steve wrote:
On 01/29/2010 06:49 PM, Rajen M. Parekh wrote:
Where is the original message, Why didn't I receive it?
Anyway Rajen, if you face problems with NM, try wicd as an alternative.
Install wicd first then remove NM or your internet will get messed up
once NM is removed.
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Rony.
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Only Freedom.
Hi,
I am not able to establish wireless connection on my wireless router if
I choose "Do not broadcast SSID" setting on the router.
Firstly, why exactly are you choosing to not broadcast your SSID ? You do
understand that doing so does not really affect the security of your network,
right ? (that is just security by obscurity, for real world security use WPA)
Secondly, just a shot-in-the-dark, with NetworkManager running, right click the
nm-applet and choose the option 'Connect to a Hidden Wireless Network ...' and
check whether that option lets you connect.
4:14 p.m.
Where is the original message, Why didn't I
receive it?
Anyway Rajen, if you face problems with NM, try wicd as an alternative.
Install wicd first then remove NM or your internet will get messed up
once NM is removed.
Okay, I will try wicd. On opensuse an alternative method is what they
call the "traditional ifup" method. I think I will try that first and
then try wicd.
Regards,
Rajen.
3:30 p.m.
On 29/01/10 20:11, steve wrote:
On 01/29/2010 06:49 PM, Rajen M. Parekh wrote:
Yes, I know not broadcasting SSID does not enhance security as such.
What was bugging me was that I was not able to establish a connection on
Linux when I could do so on Windows.
Hi,
I am not able to establish wireless connection on my wireless router if
I choose "Do not broadcast SSID" setting on the router.
Firstly, why
exactly are you choosing to not broadcast your SSID ? You
do understand that doing so does not really affect the security of
your network, right ? (that is just security by obscurity, for real
world security use WPA) Secondly, just a shot-in-the-dark, with NetworkManager
running, right
click the nm-applet and choose the option 'Connect to a Hidden
Wireless Network ...' and check whether that option lets you connect.
That's exactly is the problem... KNetworkManager does not have such an
option... or at least I couldn't find one on my system. But, as
mentioned in my original post, the tutorial on Fedora (which I read on
the net somewhere) did show this option... unfortunately the tutorial
shown was on GNOME and I prefer KDE. There must be an equivalent tool in
KDE too...
Regards,
Rajen.
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