Hidden Wireless Broadcasts SSID: x00\x00\x00\x00\etc. [SOLVED]

[ferry_th]

I am now trying this is 64 bit.

Again it is not working as well as it should and is very fiddly to set up.

It will not connect for me unless I have two entries for the connection in the wpa_supplicant file .......  one specifying the real SSID and scan_ssid=1 and the other specifying the munged SSID with scan_ssid=0

So the two entries now look like this .......

network={
    psk="<whatever-it-is>"
    priority=1
    scan_ssid=1
    ssid="<Real ssid>"
}


network={
    psk="whatever-it-is"
    priority=1
    scan_ssid=0
    ssid="\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
}

With both present I get reliable connection; with either missing I don't.

Quite often when I selected to connect I got a pop up Config window, which I had to insistently cancel, else those settings above were overwritten 

I think the instances of the pop up were only happening when I did not have both entries ......  at least I have not seen it for the last few connection attempts.

With those in place, I can select the munged ssid in the list, click on Connect, and then I need to Refresh to show the connection.

The connection shows the Real SSID now ......  as I would have expected.

I have not done it this way in 32 bit .......  maybe later if no one else tries it.

Try this one

network={
    psk="<whatever-it-is>"
    priority=1
    scan_ssid=0
    ssid="<Real ssid>"
}

[Just17]

Are you connecting to a 'munged' SSID .......  ?
Yes, I am.
if so which SSID are you entering in the file ......  the 'munged' one or the true SSID?
I enter nothing into the file(/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf). I let the wizard does the magic. The wizard entered the true SSID one with scan_ssid=0.

Do you see "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" as an available connection or not?
Yes, I do. And I can't connect to it without steps I already explained.

Thanks 

Similar to what I did on 32 bit install so ......  but had to do it differently on the 64 bit, as I could not get a reliable connection otherwise.

[wharfhouse]

'Scuse me Guys... can I butt in? 

Actually solved my problem  As I said I had to go into Windows to access the router management to allow broadcast of SSID, back into PCLOS and there she was BUT still wouldn't connect.  Now do you remember me saying about this other post I discovered... read all about it here:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,111763.0.html

It WAS the update i.e. wpa_supplicant v1.0.3.  I've now gone back to 0.7.3 and hence I'm writing this now... so it wasn't the router as such (other than it's still broadcasting the x00\x00\x00 etc. indicating a <hidden> SSID, but that's hardly an issue now).

What worries me more now is that every time I do a Synaptic update it's going to re-install wpa_supplicant 1.0-3pclos 2012 overwriting the older version until someone fixes this bug.

On the posts above which is a tad technical for me, I would be grateful if someone could summarize what you guys were on about and what the recommended course of action is 

I shan't mark this post as [solved] just yet as I think more work needs to be done before my mind is at rest. 

But thanks for all your help & support 

[Just17]

If you need to protect something from being updated this should help

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,59692.msg480501.html#msg480501

[wharfhouse]

Thanks Just17    Useful thread.  I'll do that because I've got the same problem with the FlashPlayerPlugin.

Perhaps someone will sort out the wpa_supplicant bug on the next revision.  I'll mark the post as solved now.

All the best