#17286: Make it easy to connect to hidden wireless network
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Reporter: scootergrisen | Owner: mmlr
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Network & Internet/Wireless | Version: R1/beta3
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Platform: All
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I installed Haiku R1/beta3 and tested it a bit to see how well things
work.
Connecting to a hidden wireless network is not particular easy or stable.
In network preferences there does not seem to be and option like "Connect
to hidden network".
I would like to see such an option added in the list.
I might be able to see hidden networks in the list of networks but that
does not seem to be a good way of connection to a hidden network if i have
to guess which one it is in the list when there is more then one.
I tried using ifconfig from a terminal and managed to connect but not
without restarting. It seems the network connection sometimes get caught
in a loop it can't get out of. I might have entered some incorrect IP
values.
While in the loop the /var/log/syslog file keeps growing in size and these
lines are added over and over:
KERN: wlan_control: 9235, 15
KERN: wlan_control: 9235, 76
KERN: Last message repeated 22 times.
If i disable the wireless network in network prefenceres the file stops
growing.
I would like this to work better since it is the first thing i want to do
after installation Haiku.
And i would like to be able to do it without using a terminal.
Also when i do use ifconfig and enter the name of the hidden networks and
password in the terminal the dialog that opens does have the password
entered but instead of choosing WPA2 it chooses "Open". I think only is
for use then no password is needed. And the checkbox to save the password
is removed each time. So that's annoying it does not select the correct
option and remembers the password.
So far i have been been able to make the system remember the connection.
It would be nice to have to option to automatically connection after
restart.
And... also i don't see any option to disconnect/leave the connection to
the connected network in the GUI. I can disable the wireless adapter it
seems in network preferences.
So add these options in the GUI:
Connect to hidden network
Disconnect
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/17286>
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