william maddler wrote: > 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 Thanks for the suggestion. No, my SSID is not hidden. I am using a Linksys WRT-54G with WEP. The day after I posted my initial message, the connection was working again. I am baffled, but for now, at least, there is no problem. -- Jeffrey Barish
