Connecting to a hidden network

[Tinitus]

Hi,

for security reasons I decided I do not want my wifi network to broadcast, that it is running. Since then I am not able to connect to my Odroid C1 anymore (via the network profile in /etc/netctl). Changed the setting of the router and bang got a connection again. Is there a way in which I can connect to a hidden network (with a static ip address)?

Best Regards

Uwe

[hondagx35]

[Tinitus]

Hi Frank,

quite long time no see (rather my fault). Your fast service is very much appreciated. Will try tomorrow.

So long

Uwe

[Tinitus]

Hi Frank,

I am afraid but it does not work neither with dchp nor with static ip address. With dchp it is not possible to save the wlan0 profile with static it is possible to save the profile (I have no clue whether the numbers for primary and secondary DNS are correct (it is 8.8.8.8 and 2001:4850:4860:8844). First it complains that the secondary number is not correct, if I type something else it auto corrects to the initial setting. I was also surprised that netmask is 255.255.0.0 (I thought it should be 255.255.255.0).
May it be that the reason is that I am still on the first image you released unofficially. I have not changed to the official one because it does not allow the brutefir pipe-out.

Best Regards

Uwe

[hondagx35]

[Tinitus]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for your reply. I followed your cookbook. I think one of the problems was, that the default values given by the WebUI did not work in my case. Moreover the WebUI asked for more information than I think is necessary for a Alan profile. I tinkered around a little but nothing really worked. I then found out that the values for group and pairwise differed from my original settings when I used the WebUI to set up the connection with a hidden network. I then did exactly what you proposed. I reverted the profile to the last version which had worked and inserted the scan line thanks to your hint in your first reply (accessing through console). It worked, I just did not have the time to post my solution. Funny that I was more successful using the console than the WebUI. Thanks for your help.

Regards

Uwe