Kalle Valo wrote: > "ext william maddler" <news at maddler.net> writes: > >> Jeffrey Barish wrote: >>> Since installing OS2008 on my N800, I am having trouble using Wifi. I >>> created a connection using Connection manager (Tools | Connectivity >>> settings | Connections). My N800 used to connect automatically whenever I >>> turned it on. Now it does not, and my WAP does not even appear under >>> Select connection. > > [...] > >> Perhaps you checked already, but is your WAP broadcasting SSID? > > Good point. I have seen cases where people have forgotten that AP uses > hidden SSID and our UI does not show hidden SSIDs so they just think > something is broken. In that case the user has to create the > connection manually through Connectivity Control Panel Applet. > > But my recommendation is not to use hidden SSID. It does not improve > security in any way and makes more difficult to implement WLAN drivers > (scanning is more complicated etc.). > Yes, but if a SSID is hidden, well from my point of view there is no reason to *have* to show it in available networks list ;) If you have an AP not broadcasting SSID, simply create a new connection by hand. That's it. BTW, I agree with you that a hidden SSID won't improve network security -- William Maddler Visit my blog at http://www.eth0.it eth0 / ifconfig realworld up!
