Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: Nibdar on April 22, 2013, 03:29:32 PM
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Sorry. I'm starting my adventure with Linux from TC and have no idea how to resolve this issue. Thank you in advance.
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If you already happen to know the exact spelling you can use:
sudo iwconfig <interface> essid <ESSID>
With wpa_supplicant you would have to include following options in your configuration file:
network={
ssid="ESSID"
scan_ssid=1
}
If not, you may have to run a monitoring app like kismet or airmon-ng for a while to get the exact essid.
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The eSSID non-broadcast config is actually against the 802.11 spec (yet many manufacturers use it). The best I recall is that one manufacturer early on did this "in the name of security" when in reality it's just obscurity. Some devices (like an Apple iPad) refuse to remember non-broadcasting eSSIDs, forcing you to type it every time. Broadcast is just the easiest of 5 methods by which to find an eSSID.
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I can only fully agree with everything stated, in case my post gave unintentionally a wrong impression.
Of course the preferable and proper thing would be to talk sense into the netadmin, but I think it can't harm to have a technical workaround in cases when standards are not adhered to in the wild .
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I regularly connect to an ap that does not broadcast the ssid.
The main issue is probably that wifi.sh will not connect (in my case at least) - even if I save the correct details in wifi.db. Connecting from a saved wpa_supplicant configuration like that above works fine.
Various iphones, ipads, etc, all remember the details after the initial entry and connect automatically thereafter.
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Various iphones, ipads, etc, all remember the details after the initial entry and connect automatically thereafter.
Perhaps a newer Apple iOS version has allowed this.