Hidden SSID, LE11, RPi2

olili · March 20, 2023 at 6:30 PM

thx, this worked!

To summerize the workaround:

create a "/storage/.config/system.d/hiddenSSID.service" with following content:

Code

[Unit]
Description=Hidden SSID Connect Service
After=network-online.target connman.service iwd.service
Wants=network-online.target connman.service iwd.service
Before=kodi.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/usr/bin/iwctl --passphrase <PWD> station wlan0 connect-hidden <SSID>
ExecStop=/usr/bin/iwctl station wlan0 disconnect

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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enable the service in ssh with "systemctl enable hiddenSSID.service".

That was it, the next reboot Raspi should connect to your hidden network.

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**chewitt** · March 21, 2023 at 6:15 AM

Can you drop the connman.service/iwd.service from the file and then run "systemctl daemon-reload" before rebooting? .. still working?

If yes I will write it up for the wiki.

olili · March 21, 2023 at 4:24 PM

this is working as well:

Code

[Unit]
Description=Hidden SSID Connect Service
After=network.target 
Wants=network.target
Before=kodi.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/usr/bin/iwctl --passphrase <PWD> station wlan0 connect-hidden <SSID>
ExecStop=/usr/bin/iwctl station wlan0 disconnect

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Display More

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lamahgra · June 27, 2023 at 2:40 PM

Quote from olili
thx, this worked!
To summerize the workaround:
create a "/storage/.config/system.d/hiddenSSID.service" with following content:
Code
[Unit]
Description=Hidden SSID Connect Service
After=network-online.target connman.service iwd.service
Wants=network-online.target connman.service iwd.service
Before=kodi.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/usr/bin/iwctl --passphrase <PWD> station wlan0 connect-hidden <SSID>
ExecStop=/usr/bin/iwctl station wlan0 disconnect

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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enable the service in ssh with "systemctl enable hiddenSSID.service".
That was it, the next reboot Raspi should connect to your hidden network.
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worx perfect - thx [tested on pi4 2gb LE11.x]

**chewitt** · June 30, 2023 at 6:52 AM

New wiki page added: https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/hidden-wifi

knutzone · October 22, 2024 at 12:25 PM

Hi,

I tried the method described in the wiki with my network credentials and got this error message in putty:

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Failed to start storage-.config-system.d-hidden\x2dssid.service.mount: Unit storage-.config-system.d-hidden\x2dssid.service.mount not found.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

knutzone · October 22, 2024 at 2:35 PM

Sorry, I forgot to say that I use LE 12.0.1 on an older Lenovo W510 Labtop.