NetworkManager in fedora 15 various questions/problems

[Tom Horsley]

On Tue, 24 May 2011 19:52:32 -0400
Tom Horsley wrote:

> if I
> right click the network icon and look at connections,
> it shows a wireless connection, and even knows the
> MAC address but it says it is Disconnected

OK, I tried some stuff and found an answer: Apparently
NM in fedora won't talk to a network that doesn't
broadcast the SSID (in Ubuntu, NM has a "connect to
hidden network" option at the bottom of the list
of wireless interfaces it sees, which worked great
when I booted the ubuntu live USB).

I know there is no real security in hiding the SSID,
but since I am irritated by looking at the SSIDs of
everyone in the neighborhood (most of which all
seem to be called "linksys" :-), I thought I would
at least be nice and avoid cluttering up their
lists with my SSID.

The stuff I had been telling nm-connection-editor
apparently was used after all, since it found
the passphrase I told it about before and connected
without me needing to tell it anything.