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Alex Eames has been doing some investigation into wifi connections. Specifically, how to create a connection to a hidden wifi network so that the Pi automatically connects each time it is booted up. He’s found the secret sauce inside wpa_supplicant that makes it work, so head over to his blog to check out the instructions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alex Eames has been doing some investigation into wifi connections. Specifically, how to create a connection to a hidden wifi network so that the Pi automatically connects each time it is booted up. He’s found the secret sauce inside wpa_supplicant…<\/p>\n

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