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Can't connect to hidden networks
I have an internal WiFi network that I have hidden the SSID. COSMIC will not allow me to connect to it. I can go to Advanced Network Setting and set it up, but it still isn't found in the network list even after I do.
same here
I created a tool to work around this until it's fixed. You can download it from the releases section of its repo: https://github.com/bhh32/wifi
It looks like still to this day it won't seem as connecting to a hidden network is possible.
I have tried the normal way with the use of the interface, but even with the use of nmcli it seems like I wasn't able to make it happen.
In fact, trying to connect with nmcli option hidden yes only told me that network can't be found.
I just did this by clicking the "Add Network" button in Network Settings > WIFI, setting it up with the the dialog popop, then nmcli connection up "MyNetwork"
Hope that helps.
I still don't see it in the cosmic gui yet either. Easy fix in netplan though
sudo vim /etc/netplan
One of the listed files was generated from adding the new wifi in the GUI - select that one. ls -l the folder if you want to see the file edit dates.
then add 'hidden: true' on the same indentation as auth: and networkmanager:
Then :wq! to save and close. Then sudo netplan apply for the change to take effect.
