On Thu, July 26, 2007 2:27 pm, Johannes Nohl wrote:
I don't know for those of you in Gnome-land, but in KDE with KNetworkmanager (the KDE front end to networkmanager) you right click the icon in the system tray, and you'll be presented with a list of available wifi networks.
I'm using exactly knetworkmanager even under gnome or xfce.
If you want to connect to another - for example, one that has a hidden SSID like mine - then you select "Connect to other" and enter the gory details.
The adhoc network with enabled SSID interferes with the infrastructure network with hidden SSID. I use "Connect to other" and, if there's no adhoc network with same SSID around, it connects to the hidden SSID. Like it should do. But if there's a network with same SSID Networkmanager connects to it no matter if you have choosen a different (the infrastructure network in my case) originally. Result is that Networkmanager tries to connect to the adhoc with shown SSID and fails of course.
You're saying, for example, you have a SSID (hidden) of Net1 and a SSID (open) of Net1 in the same room?
Even good old Windows has options like: - prefer infrastructure - only connect to infrastructure
Yes, I believe the Windows method of connecting to networks is more intelligent and far easier on us users. Beyond the driver issue - which is no longer a problem - I don't know why we Linux laptop users must suffer. There is something called "preferred" networks, which I believe you can setup. I can't help much more than that, I'm afraid. Maybe - since this is more generic than SUSE - you can post the question on the LinuxForums website under the laptop specific area - http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?f=25 or using the opensuse mobile list. It is low volume but may help. opensuse-mobile@opensuse.org
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