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redsolja

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Registered: 2011-04-04

Posts: 43

Netcfg hidden wireless

I want to be able to switch between 2 hidden wireless networks without having to edit manually the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file (yes thats what i currently do:).
I installed netcfg in order to accomplish that, but i cannot connect to neither of the hidden networks available.
I tried the archwiki suggestion (PRE_UP='iwconfig ...') but it does not work.
By using netcfg with DEBUG="yes" (NETCFG_DEBUG="yes" netcfg mynetwork) i saw the wpa_supplicant.conf equivalent which is created by netcfg under /tmp

When i opened it i saw that there is no
scan_ssid=1 parameter which is needed in order to be able to connect to a hidden wireless (at least manually)..

How can i work around this issue?

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Netcfg hidden wireless

Use wpa-config or wpa-configsection profiles - see /etc/network.d/examples for details. Either of those profile types will allow you to specify the contents of your wpa config yourself, instead of relying on netcfg to do it.

redsolja

Member

Registered: 2011-04-04

Posts: 43

Re: Netcfg hidden wireless

So, i should have 2 wpa_supplicant config files and activate them separately through a netcfg profile for each?
Isn't there a better way to do it (by better i mean more elegant - generic)? Like having 1 wpa_supplicant configuration file. Because i do not find it that useful to have 2 configs for 2 different networks... what if there are more?

Thanks for your interest.

redsolja

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Registered: 2011-04-04

Posts: 43

Re: Netcfg hidden wireless

I made it work, thanks much for your reply.
This is how i did it, from /etc/network.d/examples/wireless-wpa-configsection:

CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection'
INTERFACE=wlan0
SECURITY='wpa-configsection'
ESSID='myhiddenESSID'
IP='dhcp'
CONFIGSECTION='
     scan_ssid=1
     ssid="myhiddenESSID"
     proto=WPA
     psk="myhiddenESSIDcleantextpassphrase"'

Thank you very much again.