Problem: Connecting to hidden wifi
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17th May, 2015, 10:07 PM
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Connecting to hidden wifi
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XBian version: 1.1.8 XBMC/Kodi version: 14.2 Overclock settings: Custom (default) Hardware Device type and model: Raspberry PI B/512MB Power supply rating: 5v, 2A SD card size and make/type: 32GB Samsung miro sd with sd adapter Network (Ethernet or wireless):WiFi Connected devices (TV, USB, network storage, ...): PC Monitor Problem description: I have bin looking around the forum and the web but not succeeded in finding a way to connect to a hidden wifi. I have tried the usual way of connecting to a wifi in a debian os. I have bin in under network in xbian but not bin able to tipe my ssid name. Is there a way to connect to a hidden wifi? and if so, how? |
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17th May, 2015, 11:56 PM
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RE: Connecting to hidden wifi
If you know the SSID (WiFi network name) and password, you can connect if put below 2 lines in "/etc/network/interfaces":
wpa-ssid <WIFI_NETWORK_NAME> wpa-psk <PASSWORD> (This is assuming your using WPA for security) If you dont know the SSID, you will really need to unhide your WiFi and do a discovery. For that you can use the 'xbian-config' command. There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't |
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18th May, 2015, 12:04 AM
Post: #3
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RE: Connecting to hidden wifi
You can also manually type the SSID in xbian-config.
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18th May, 2015, 12:40 AM
Post: #4
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RE: Connecting to hidden wifi
I know my ssid and password.
my network is running WPA2-personal. I xbian-conf in ssh? i have tried that but it just fails... Inside "Kodi" under xbian conf i cant seam to find a way to manually enter the ssid.. |
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1st Jun, 2015, 05:59 PM
Post: #5
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RE: Connecting to hidden wifi
Use SSH or directly on your Pi (CLI) and do
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces or sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces you will then be able to edit the wifi AP and pwd on the file like in the example below: Terminal auto lo # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) iface eth0 inet dhcp iface lo inet loopback allow-hotplug wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wpa-ssid name_of_the_wifi_network wpa-psk your_password_here iface default inet dhcp after you are done, on nano just press CTRL+x and select save (yes). Reboot the Pi. :) :) |
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