setting up WPA Personal (F9 & KDE 4.1 (from updates-testing))

[Beartooth]

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:37:15 +0930, Tim wrote:

> On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 15:14 +0300, Joonas Sarajärvi wrote:
>> At least on my laptop, running Fedora 9 with KDE, clicking the
>> NetworkManager icon in the tray immediately shows me the available
>> networks, just as in Fedora 8. I never need to manually specify an
>> SSID. Easy and powerful.
> 
> Likewise, here with 9 and using Gnome.  I wonder a couple of things:
> Whether the original poster has tried both right clicking and left
> clicking on the network manager icon.  And whether they're trying to use
> access points that aren't broadcasting their SSID (which is a complete
> waste of time).

	I have to be missing something here. Why do the wireless settings 
on my router allow me a separate choice whether to broadcast SSID, if one 
that isn't doing it is useless?? 

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