Since this is my sacrificial Ubuntu testing laptop, I reinstalled Gutsy from scratch to validate; still unable to connect with essid broadcasting turned off.
Turned on essid broadcasting, no other changes; able to connect just fine. -- [Gutsy] rt2500 can't connect to WPA/TKIP protected network with hidden essid - network manager says signal 0 % https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151391 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs