How to connect hidden wifi on my computer.

[juanpablogomez]

Hello,

I'm an average user on mageia, I have been using since Mageia 7 on a production environment (office); but since I was with Mageia 7, I couldn't find out how to do it, so I researched on the internet and found out I could connect using the terminal aka the link - https://linuxconfig.org/connect-to-wifi ... mmand-line (formatted for Mageia). And really helped so I can connect from now on. Then I carry my computer to another places to connect (without hidden wifi) I can connect perfectly; but when I return to my office, It takes too long or 2 or 3 times to reboot to connect (mostly all the time I do that).

So my concern is, Is mageia community going to change this on the next mageia 9 or the next sofware update? Or where can I post this, so they can have it on the sight to integrate the hiddens wifi networks?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Juan Pablo

[Germ]

You should upgrade to Mageia 8. Probably fixed in that release.

You could search https://bugs.mageia.org and look for a bug report.

[doktor5000]

You can also connect to "hidden" wifi networks in other Mageia releases, as every wireless AP will broadcast its BSSID which will then be used to name the network.
Although you're also missing information what tool you're using to connect to those wireless networks.

[juanpablogomez]

You should upgrade to Mageia 8. Probably fixed in that release.

You could search https://bugs.mageia.org and look for a bug report.

No Germ, the same, since I have already upgraded to mageia 8, and doesn't comes with the hidden wi-fi options from thw network system preferences.

Any other ideas?

[juanpablogomez]

You can also connect to "hidden" wifi networks in other Mageia releases, as every wireless AP will broadcast its BSSID which will then be used to name the network.
Although you're also missing information what tool you're using to connect to those wireless networks.

doktor5000, I did post in the first question, that I used the command line with the parameters that the link told me to follow using the wpa_supplicant.conf configuration that comes in the mageia network package.

Any other idea? Or any software that automatically searches the configuration I just saved in the wpa_supplicant.conf?

Also When adding the new wifi network, it automatically changes from wpa to open web, and my network is not open web.

Thanks in advance.

[doktor5000]

You still didn't mention which tool you use to connect when not using the command line. Is it drakconnect, or draknetcenter or ... ?
Both do use and write to wpa_supplicant.conf and can connect to "hidden" wireless networks.

Maybe you can provide some information and show what your network looks like, as root

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iw dev interfacename scan

interfacename needs to be replaced by the name of your actual wireless network interface. Also feel free to cut/omit all data not related to your network in question and feel free to anonymise it.
If you have networkmanager enabled

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nmcli dev wifi

would also help, this can be run as regular user.

[juanpablogomez]

You should upgrade to Mageia 8. Probably fixed in that release.

You could search https://bugs.mageia.org and look for a bug report.

Nope "Germ", it wouldn't, since I have upgraded and nothing changed. Any other ideas?

[juanpablogomez]

You can also connect to "hidden" wifi networks in other Mageia releases, as every wireless AP will broadcast its BSSID which will then be used to name the network.
Although you're also missing information what tool you're using to connect to those wireless networks.

Hello "docktor5000", well I am using the wpa_supplicant.conf to configure and add a new hidden wi-fi with the proper security ssid and passphrase, but the thing is when i connect to a wi-fi that isn't hidden (everything's fine) and when I connect another day to the same hidden wi-fi, It doesn't connect right away since it has already added.

Any ideas?

[doktor5000]

Sorry I don't understand what your issue is. You want the wifi network to connect automatically, but you don't use any of the tools that are intended to do this and instead connect manually via commandline - and then you wonder why it doesn't connect automatically ?

[juanpablogomez]

Sorry I don't understand what your issue is. You want the wifi network to connect automatically, but you don't use any of the tools that are intended to do this and instead connect manually via commandline - and then you wonder why it doesn't connect automatically ?

Yes "doktor5000", I mean, is there a way that I can configure to automatically connect to a hidden wi-fi without doing so manually? Doest Mageia will add this on the next realease Mageia 9? Cause it's kind of bothering each time. And with another computer using Windows 7 or Windows 10, it doesn't have that same issue.

Any ideas or comments?

Thanks in advance.

[doktor5000]

As already mentioned, we have this already but you seem to want to connect manually via CLI.
See the above post viewtopic.php?p=87180#p87180 which you seem to have ignored completely.