Connect to hidden wifi networks at boot.

[Mostafa Faridi]

I installed Fedora Server on PI 3 and everything works.
I want to connect to hidden wifi networks.
I want when my Fedora boot, it connect to Hidden networks and I can control it by SSH over
wifi.
I can not find good solutions.
The router of the wifi network uses DHCP to give IP to connected devices.

[Richard Ryniker]

> The router of the wifi network uses DHCP to give IP to connected
> devices. 
Configure the DHCP server to allocate a fixed IP address to the RPi
(based on its MAC address, which is now constant).  Then you will know
what address to use with ssh.

[Mostafa Faridi]

I want connect to hidden network by nmcli, but I do not know how. Search google can not
help.

[Alessio]

On Fri, 2019-05-24 at 08:34 +0000, Mostafa Faridi wrote:
>  I want connect to hidden network by nmcli, but I do not know how.
>  Search google can not help. 
Do you know the SSID?

This syntax could be of help (adapt it to your needs):

sudo nmcli con add con-name connectionName ifname wlan0 type wifi ssid
yourSSID ipv4.method auto wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-psk wifi-sec.psk
yourPassword

sudo nmcli con up connectionName

[Mostafa Faridi]

I have SSID and password too.

Sorry, I have not been following the thread but

sudo dnf install tlp
sudo nano /etc/default/tlp

is a good package have.

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 12:27 PM Mostafa Faridi <mfaridi(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
wrote:

>  I have SSID and password too.
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[Alessio]

On Fri, 2019-05-24 at 10:27 +0000, Mostafa Faridi wrote:
>  I have SSID and password too. 
Ok. Did you try the nmcli commands provided in the previous mail?

Ciao
A.

[Mostafa Faridi]

when I run this command 
sudo nmcli con add con-name mfaridi ifname wlan0 type wifi ssid faridi ipv4.method auto
wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-psk wifi-sec.psk 12223333333
and hit enter, I see this error
bash: !@ : event not found
I have !@ and other characters in my password.
and it fails.

can I run this command by root and not sudo?

I have some unsuccessful config.
can I delete all config from 
/etc/sysconfig/networks.script?

[Alessio]

On Fri, 2019-05-24 at 11:05 +0000, Mostafa Faridi wrote:
>  and hit enter, I see this error
>  bash: !@ : event not found 
Yes. "!" is a special character in bash.

In this case you have to put the password inside single quotes.

sudo .... wifi-sec.psk 'xxxx!@xxxxx'

[Mostafa Faridi]

Thanks,
I put password in '' and I do not see that error again.
But when I type next command to connect hidden network I see nee error.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cmr9r0ato32r6co/20190524_160034_HDR.jpg?dl=0

[Alessio]

On Fri, May 24, 2019, 1:35 PM Mostafa Faridi <mfaridi(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
wrote:

>  Thanks,
>  I put password in '' and I do not see that error again.
>  But when I type next command to connect hidden network I see nee error.
>  
Are you sure that the SSID is correct? Uppercase and lowercase letters?

[Mostafa Faridi]

Yes, I am sure.

[Mostafa Faridi]

I remove all cfg files from /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
And make new connection and I run this command
sudo nmcli con up connectionName
And it connect to wifi network.
But after reboot, I have to connect to Fedora server by keyboard anf and run this command

sudo nmcli con up connectionName

I want my fedora server connect to wifi network at boot timr and autostart.

[Alessio]

On Fri, May 24, 2019, 6:33 PM Mostafa Faridi <mfaridi(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
wrote:

>  I remove all cfg files from /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
>  
You could use nmcli con delete

But after reboot, I have to connect to Fedora server by keyboard anf and
>  run this command
>  sudo nmcli con up connectionName
>  
Try to set auto connection to yes.

sudo nmcli con mod connectionName connection.autoconnect yes

BTW we are going a bit off topic. These issues are not strictly related to
the RPi or to the mailing list purposes.
As said by pbrobinson use the man pages, or use a search engine: there are
a lot of examples and documents about nmcli. Or go back to Ask Fedora ;-)

Ciao,
A.

[Peter Robinson]

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 5:57 PM Alessio <alciregi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  On Fri, May 24, 2019, 6:33 PM Mostafa Faridi <mfaridi(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
> >
> > I remove all cfg files from /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
>
>
>  You could use nmcli con delete
>
> > But after reboot, I have to connect to Fedora server by keyboard anf and run this
> command
> > sudo nmcli con up connectionName
>
>
>  Try to set auto connection to yes.
>
>  sudo nmcli con mod connectionName connection.autoconnect yes
>
>  BTW we are going a bit off topic. These issues are not strictly related to the RPi or to
> the mailing list purposes. 
You are correct that anything to do with nmcli or WiFi connections
aren't RPi or even arm specific because we have identical built
options and libraries/build options across all architectures. That
being said having this sort of conversation on the list is just fine,
it also helps others find answers to similar problems.

>  As said by pbrobinson use the man pages, or use a search engine:
> there are a lot of examples and documents about nmcli. Or go back to Ask Fedora ;-)
Correct, there's a lot of good documentation for nmcli and I suspect
anything that isn't clear there the answer will be quickly found with
a google search.

That being said to provide explicit links to the documentation:

https://developer.gnome.org/NetworkManager/stable/nmcli.html
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/configuring-ip-networking...
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/...

[Peter Robinson]

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 9:34 AM Mostafa Faridi
<mfaridi(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  I want connect to hidden network by nmcli, but I do not know how. Search google can not
> help. 
"man nmcli" if you're doing it from a command prompt, or check out the
NetworkManager online docs, or docs.fedoraproject.org and it;s all
very well documented. I believe I mentioned that in another thread.

P

[Mostafa Faridi]

thanks.
I see that links. but the new problem is happening. I have !@( in my password for
connecting to a hidden network.

when I run this command sudo nmcli con add con-name mfaridi ifname wlan0 type wifi ssid
faridi ipv4.method auto wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-psk wifi-sec.psk 12223333333 and hit enter,
I see this error bash: !@ : event not found I have !@ and other characters in my password.
and it fails. can I run this command by root and not sudo? I have some unsuccessful
config. can I delete all config from /etc/sysconfig/networks.script?

[Mostafa Faridi]

For user have same problem , after long time by guide users in ask Fedora problem solved.

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/connect-to-hiddn-network-fedora-server-30...