Description of problem: Using nmcli on latest Rawhide (more precisely inside the installation environment) I can't connect to my wireless network which is hidden. On a RHEL 7 system I get: $ nmcli dev wifi list * SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY j home Infra 11 54 Mbit/s 49 ** WPA2 atelie8 Infra 6 54 Mbit/s 53 ** -- j home Infra 36 54 Mbit/s 20 * WPA2 andi 98 Infra 4 54 Mbit/s 42 ** WPA2 kofe Infra 5 54 Mbit/s 39 ** WPA1 WPA2 galia Infra 10 54 Mbit/s 24 * WPA1 WPA2 lucifer Infra 6 54 Mbit/s 29 * WEP Adriano Infra 1 54 Mbit/s 27 * WPA1 WPA2 BX7024 Infra 1 54 Mbit/s 24 * WPA2 HUAWEI-B315-C061 Infra 11 54 Mbit/s 34 ** WPA1 WPA2 Pavlovonet_D33EFE Infra 4 54 Mbit/s 27 * WPA2 Vaikata Infra 8 54 Mbit/s 29 * WPA1 WPA2 Siv Infra 6 54 Mbit/s 25 * WPA1 WPA2 Bloom jewellery Infra 8 54 Mbit/s 30 * WPA1 WPA2 FU Infra 11 54 Mbit/s 20 * WPA1 WPA2 Doroteya Infra 7 54 Mbit/s 17 * WPA2 Place Infra 3 54 Mbit/s 17 * WPA2 dlink Infra 13 54 Mbit/s 17 * WEP Asenceto Infra 10 54 Mbit/s 19 * WPA1 WPA2 VBS50 Infra 3 54 Mbit/s 17 * WPA1 On the Rawhide system I get: $ nmcli dev wifi list * SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY -- Infra 6 54 Mbit/s 64 *** j home Infra 11 54 Mbit/s 45 ** WPA2 andi 98 Infra 4 54 Mbit/s 42 ** WPA2 Bloom jewellery Infra 8 54 Mbit/s 34 ** WPA1 WPA2 .... skip ... The network I need is "atelie8" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.2.0-0.3.20151023git01c175.fc24 How reproducible: always on this hardware Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot into the installation environment and switch to tty2 2. execute nmcli dev wifi list | grep atelie8 3. Actual results: Hidden network not shown Expected results: Hidden network is shown Additional info: There is a RHEL7 bug #1069844, related to the same issue. Both computers are placed next to each other. The RHEL 7 system is a MacBook Air 2015 with 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03) The failing Rawhide system is Lenovo X220 with 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] (rev 34)
If the SSID is hidden then it is obviously not visible in the wireless scan. But if you connect to it, for example via contol-center's "Connect to Hidden Network..." or using nmcli, NetworkManager will remember the AP's BSSID (in /var/lib/NetworkManager/seen-bssids) and stores the SSID in the connection profile. Later it can match the data and fill in the SSID in the scan list.
nmcli command for connecting to a hidden network for the first time is: $ nmcli dev wifi connect atelie8 password blahblah hidden yes http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/tree/man/nmcli.1.in#n822 See also upstream bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=752173
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 24 development cycle. Changing version to '24'. More information and reason for this action is here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Program_Management/HouseKeeping/Fedora24#Rawhide_Rebase
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