I noted what was said about hidden SSID problems using SuSE and Knetwork manager: Kai Ponte wrote:
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.
My eth1 setup includes a passphrase and ESSID for my current wireless router. I expect to take my laptop "on the road" and use it in various places which provide WiFi. If the identifying name of the network is not apparent, how do I set it up? The "connect to other wireless network" option on the knetwork manager requires that I fill in an ESSID. So, if I can't get the name, what do I do? -- Best regards, Dennis J. Tuchler University City, Missouri 63130 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org