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Slitaz 3 and Wireless Config Networks with Hidden ssid

I've loaded up Slitaz 3.0 on a p3 500 laptop with a rt2500 wifi card.  I can get the card to work; however, it does not seem to able to log onto my wireless network when its ssid is not being broadcast.  Is there a way to configure Slitaz so that it will work with hidden ssids?

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Re: Slitaz 3 and Wireless Config Networks with Hidden ssid

you try edit settings options in /etc/network.conf ?

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Re: Slitaz 3 and Wireless Config Networks with Hidden ssid

I've looked at the network.conf file, not sure what I should be changing in it to get it to work with a hidden ssid. It works fine when I turn the ssid broadcast on my router however.

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Re: Slitaz 3 and Wireless Config Networks with Hidden ssid

ok, has created a favorite of this connection?

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Registered: 2011-04-01

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Re: Slitaz 3 and Wireless Config Networks with Hidden ssid

In /etc/network.conf, configure the following settings as appropriate to your network (you will need to be root to edit /etc/network.conf):

# Dynamic IP address.

# Enable/disable DHCP client at boot time.

DHCP="yes"

# Wifi connection.

# Enable/disable wireless connection at boot time.

WIFI="yes"

# Wifi interface (iwconfig) and ESSID.

WIFI_INTERFACE="eth1"               # this may be different in your case, e.g. wlan0, just type iwconfig in the CLI to find out

WIFI_ESSID="MyWifiHiddenSSID"       # this should be your hidden ssid

WIFI_MODE=""                        # safe to leave blank

WIFI_KEY="MySecretKey"              # your WEP/WPA/WP2 key if you are using encryption, blank if not

WIFI_KEY_TYPE="MyKeyType"                 # WPA for WPA/WPA2, WEP for WEP if you are using encryption, blank if not

WPA_DRIVER=""                       # safe to leave blank

WIFI_CHANNEL=""                     # safe to leave blank

WIFI_IWCONFIG_ARGS=""               # safe to leave blank

Then as root, type in the CLI:

# /etc/init.d/network.sh restart

If you get an error something like, 'ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot override it', just run the restart command again. You can then check with iwconfig and ifconfig commands to see if a connection was established with your router/access point.

Good luck.

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Re: Slitaz 3 and Wireless Config Networks with Hidden ssid

for my hidden SSID, using WPA, I had to change the ap scanning setting to ap_scan=2 before I could connect. (Using cooking from 2011/05/31)