CentOS - Dec 2013 - RHEL 7 Beta Hidden WIFI issue

Im having problems connecting to Hidden WIFI networks on my RHEL 7 beta. 
I have an HP Elitebook 2560p. 
But if I make the Wireless Access Point visible, im able to connect to it,
and NM is able to save the connection script under
"/sysconfig/network-scripts". 
I tried on 3 different Hidden Networks, 

The solution was to manually create the connection script  in
"/sysconfig/network-scripts".after copying one from a network I had
connected to. That's when the hidden wireless became visible and im now
connected.
But is this the way one needs to connect to a hidden Wireless?
I thought having SSID, security type and password were sufficient.

Regards

Bonnie Mtengwa

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 09:05:06AM +0200, Bonnie B Mtengwa
wrote:
> Im having problems connecting to Hidden WIFI networks on my RHEL 7 beta. 
> I have an HP Elitebook 2560p. 
> But if I make the Wireless Access Point visible, im able to connect to it,
> and NM is able to save the connection script under
> "/sysconfig/network-scripts". 
> I tried on 3 different Hidden Networks, 
What if you take NetworkManager out of the picture and use wpa_supplicant
with systemd.  

I have a page on testing whether it's NetworkManager or something else at

http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/wireless.html

Although others have mentioned that NM is much better than it was in RHEL6,
judging from Fedora forums at least, it can still cause problems.


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