Connecting to a hidden wireless network on Kubuntu

Question

How can I connect to a hidden wireless network on Kubuntu? I have 9.10 64bit installed, and have the information for the network (e.g. SSID and key) because I've already connected to it on Windows.

Solution 1

This maybe helps:

sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid name_of_the_hidden_essid

Things to note:

• sudo runs the command as an administrator.
• iwconfig allows you to configure the wireless interface.
• The identifier wlan0 can be something like eth1, execute the iwconfig command for a list.
• essid is the name of the Extended Service Set Identification.

More information on essid can be found in this Wikipedia article, and man iwconfig.

Solution 2

Create the connection in connection manager, with all correct settings,

then in terminal: (replace hidden_ssid with the actual SSID of the network)

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan essid *HIDDEN_SSID*

Then go back to network manager. It should now show the hidden network.

Click on it to connect.

Solution 3

Since this question seems popular, I want to provide an update:

In newer version of KDE (4.6+, as far as I know), this bug is now gone. You can connect to a hidden network just using the plasma widget. If you're on an old version of KDE, upgrading is probably the best bet--there are some other new features that make it worth it.

Comments

[Alexander]

didn't do the trick for me

[Bhikkhu Subhuti]

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