Connection to a hidden SSID fails after internet sharing is used

asked 2015-10-04 01:12:18 +0200

Shadow

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updated 2015-10-04 02:07:23 +0200

Connection to a hidden SSID fails after internet sharing is used.

How to reproduce:

Connect to a wi-fi with hidden SSID.
Share Jolla’s mobile net over wi-fi.
Disable Jolla’s internet sharing.
You can no longer connect to the wi-fi network with hidden SSID.

It does not reconnect even if I reboot the phone. The only way to reconnect is to temporarily unhide the SSID. (Or maybe to completely re-add the network to Jolla but that would be harder.) Jolla reconnects to the wi-fi network as soon as I unhide it. It keeps connected even if I hide it again.

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What security protocol your hidden WiFi uses (wpa/wpa2/web/...)? Does changing that have any impact on this issue?

simo ( 2015-10-04 10:53:54 +0200 )edit

Is this your own network? You should really consider re-enabling SSID broadcast, as hiding it is actually an anti-security and anti-privacy feature.

r0kk3rz ( 2015-10-04 13:43:47 +0200 )edit

Wy WiFi uses wpa2 security. How is hiding SSID an anti-security feature?

Shadow ( 2015-10-04 14:10:20 +0200 )edit

because it causes your device to broadcast your SSID wherever it goes. As you say, you're using WPA2, hiding your SSID gains you nothing.

r0kk3rz ( 2015-10-04 14:18:26 +0200 )edit

Okay. But this still is a bug that needs fixing.

Shadow ( 2015-10-04 14:51:29 +0200 )edit

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No, it is not visible in the scan results. And in the list of saved networks it shows no signal.

Shadow ( 2015-10-04 01:54:02 +0200 )edit

I have two SSIDs on my router. One for my personal use and one I share with friends (just because I wan’t to keep my network harddrive to my private use only). Could this matter? The shared one is not hidden.

Shadow ( 2015-10-04 01:55:09 +0200 )edit

It does not reconnect even if I reboot the phone. The only way to reconnect is to temporarily unhide the SSID. (Or maybe to completely re-add the network to Jolla but that would be harder.)

Shadow ( 2015-10-04 02:03:02 +0200 )edit

Jolla connects to the wi-fi as soon as I unhide it.

Shadow ( 2015-10-04 02:06:10 +0200 )edit

I think hidden networks are not supposed to be visible in the scan results. They wouldn’t be hidden otherwise...

Shadow ( 2015-10-04 02:19:00 +0200 )edit

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