On Tue, 24 May 2011 19:52:32 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: > if I > right click the network icon and look at connections, > it shows a wireless connection, and even knows the > MAC address but it says it is Disconnected OK, I tried some stuff and found an answer: Apparently NM in fedora won't talk to a network that doesn't broadcast the SSID (in Ubuntu, NM has a "connect to hidden network" option at the bottom of the list of wireless interfaces it sees, which worked great when I booted the ubuntu live USB). I know there is no real security in hiding the SSID, but since I am irritated by looking at the SSIDs of everyone in the neighborhood (most of which all seem to be called "linksys" :-), I thought I would at least be nice and avoid cluttering up their lists with my SSID. The stuff I had been telling nm-connection-editor apparently was used after all, since it found the passphrase I told it about before and connected without me needing to tell it anything. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
