Bug 1806

Summary: No possibility to connect to a new hidden WLAN using net_applet
Product: Mageia Reporter: Daniel Kreuter <daniel.kreuter85>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Olivier Blin <mageia>
Status: RESOLVED OLD QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Normal CC: daniel.kreuter85, endat420, epistemepromeneur, marja11, micheelsen
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: Mageia 3   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Source RPM: drakx-net-0.97-1.mga1.src.rpm CVE:
Status comment:

Description Daniel Kreuter 2011-06-15 09:54:40 CEST 
Description of problem:

The networkcenter doesn't provide the possibility to connect to a hidden wireless network. In some cases this feature would be nice to have.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):0.97


How reproducible:


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Daniel Kreuter 2011-06-15 09:55:39 CEST

CC: (none) => daniel.kreuter85

Comment 1 Daniel Kreuter 2011-06-24 21:22:35 CEST 
Assigned Bug to me, will have a look on it tomorrow.

Assignee: bugsquad => daniel.kreuter85

Comment 2 Daniel Kreuter 2011-07-03 12:30:39 CEST 
Ok I found out that the possibility is there, but you have to go to the Mageia Control Center and manually adding the hidden network.

So my suggestion:
1) Adding a link to that option in the Network applet
2) Give a hint in the applet on how to establish something like this

What do you think?
Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2011-10-22 16:39:51 CEST 
@ Daniel

What do you want to do with this bug report?

I think your proposal is nice, but so far nobody reacted, so I'm not sure it is worth the effort.

You might be interested in bug 1367

Summary: No possibility to connect to a hidden WLAN using drakxnetcenter => No possibility to connect to a hidden WLAN using net_applet
CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 4 Daniel Kreuter 2011-10-22 17:22:55 CEST 
Because nobody reacted and i don't have the time for that i think we can close the bug report.

Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX
Status: NEW => RESOLVED

Comment 5 Manuel Hiebel 2011-10-22 20:53:43 CEST 
Nobody reacted because for now, we don't have really maintainer for drakx-net (and some other bug package for the distro), I will post a mail in the next days for find somebody.

Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
Resolution: WONTFIX => (none)

Comment 6 Marja Van Waes 2011-10-23 07:46:16 CEST 
@ Manuel

So that's what you do when you're in a meeting :þ

Anyway, I changed the summary and added the word "new", because this issue isn't about a hidden network that is already known in MCC

Did you see Daniel was both the reporter and the assignee and had - when he still had enough time - been willing to do something about it, if some people had confirmed they'd like him to?

What is the use of finding another developer, if nobody wants the fix or the enhancement? (I don't know whether the net applet was ever meant to be able to do this)

Anyway, if it needs to be done, it can maybe be done by the same person who is going to fix 1367 (I'm not 100% sure that one is still valid, though)

If you think this bug report should stay open, please reassign to the bugsquad.

Summary: No possibility to connect to a hidden WLAN using net_applet => No possibility to connect to a new hidden WLAN using net_applet

Comment 7 Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-12 21:54:41 CET 
So... bug assigned to the package maintainer.

Version: 1 => Cauldron
Assignee: daniel.kreuter85 => mageia

Comment 8 Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-02 19:44:27 CET 
*** Bug 4380 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => epistemepromeneur

Marja Van Waes 2012-03-18 20:08:38 CET

Blocks: (none) => 5015

Guillaume Rousse 2012-05-02 21:55:58 CEST

CC: (none) => guillomovitch
Target Milestone: --- => Mageia 3

Guillaume Rousse 2012-05-02 21:57:46 CEST

Blocks: 5015 => (none)

Comment 9 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:05:28 CEST 
Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Manuel Hiebel 2012-06-12 21:54:08 CEST

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Guillaume Rousse 2012-06-12 22:17:10 CEST

CC: guillomovitch => (none)

Comment 10 episteme promeneur 2012-06-13 08:47:43 CEST 
hello

if there is no one to work on this.

perhaps it's time to switch to plasma applet network manager and network manager
which are mature and more advanced (functions and gui) than draxnet.
Comment 11 episteme promeneur 2012-07-17 09:09:17 CEST 
mageia 2 x86_64

still valid
Comment 12 Marja Van Waes 2015-04-19 14:13:23 CEST 
Sorry, but this bug saw no action since more than 2 yrs ago. 
No cauldron package has stayed the same since then.

Closing as OLD

Please reopen if this report is still valid for _current_ cauldron and/or fully
updated Mageia 4

Status: REOPENED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD

Comment 13 Bobby Ratliff 2016-02-28 19:47:01 CET 
Don't close this.. it's STILL an issue with Mageia 5!

Hangups like this are why I question using Mageia for professional development. To get around this, I have to change my router configuration to test the setup. Because with the way it is, I can only connect to my router if it shows up in the list that I am forced to choose from.

How many YEARS does it take to add a "Connect to other network" button? Ridiculous.

Resolution: OLD => (none)
Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
CC: (none) => endat420

Comment 14 Rémi Verschelde 2016-02-28 20:17:25 CET 
We gladly accept patches for such _easy_ tasks.
Comment 15 Hans Micheelsen 2024-01-13 18:18:29 CET 
Mageia 3 is long time gone. I'll close. Please reopen if it is still an issue.

CC: (none) => micheelsen
Resolution: (none) => OLD
Status: REOPENED => RESOLVED