WIRELESS CONFIGURATION WHEN WIFI NAME HAS SPACES

[rdikarlus]

How can I connect to a public hotspot wifi when the wifi name contains special charachters such as spaces? trying to connect to a hotel wifi wich name is something like "free wifi hotel xxx"....

I tryed :

this is my /etc/hostname.iwm0

join "free wifi hotel xxx"
dhcp

Thanks...

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Public hotspots usually redirect to a custom sign-in page using the router's DNS so try opening a browser and then run

# sh /etc/netstart

See also http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=6245

[e1-531g]

Originally Posted by Head_on_a_Stick

Public hotspots usually redirect to a custom sign-in page using the router's DNS so try opening a browser and then run

# sh /etc/netstart

See also http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=6245

Captive portal. Usually this is done by http redirection. Something or somebody must try to access some http server by unsecured connection. Firefox does this by connecting to http://detectportal.firefox.com/success.txt in background. I sometimes use http://httpforever.com/ when I want to trigger this manually.

[rdikarlus]

thanks for the quick answers ! it's working now ! I also realized if you put the wifi name between ' signs it works... no password needed since it's an open network

this is my /etc/hostname.iwm0

join 'free wifi hotel xxx'
dhcp

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Originally Posted by rdikarlus

it's working now

What was the problem then? If you post your solution then it may be helpful for others.

Originally Posted by rdikarlus

I also realized if you put the wifi name between ' signs it works

The man page suggests using double quotes. I use an SSID with a space in the name and double quotes work for me in /etc/hostname.iwm0.

[rdikarlus]

I posted the solution... it works with single quotes for me, it was't working with double quotes...