New Karoo hidden WIFI Networks

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M!Cado

• August 03, 2024 05:14

Hello,

I just received my new Karoo and struggled to connect it to my WIFI.

I figured it was because my network (SSID) was hidden and I could fix it.
That was the first device in ages that I got that - it seems - can not handle hidden WIFI networks. Since it based on Android and on phones / tablets it works out of the box I was wondering if I miss something?
Is there a way to get the Karoo working with hidden WIFI networks?

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  Thomas Maslen

  • August 03, 2024 21:22
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  I don't have a Karoo 3, but both with a K1 and with a replacement K2 I could easily enough connect it to my home network, which I do indeed run with the SSID hidden.  I don't remember what I did or didn't have to do (it was a while ago), but on the K2 just now I visited the WiFi section of Settings and, at the bottom of the long scrolling list of not-hidden WiFi networks that it autodiscovered (but above the "Wi-Fi Preferences" subheading and "Saved networks" section, I see a "+ Add Network" option, and when I choose that, the "Add network" page that comes up starts with a "Network name" field that says "Enter the SSID".

  So, at least on my K2, there is a pretty reasonable way to do this.  Oh, come to think of it:  call me weird but I have intentionally NOT installed any Karoo updates on this K2 since shortly after I received it and updated it to whatever version was current then, so I can't be sure whether the UI I described above is still true for current versions of the software.

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  M!Cado

  • August 03, 2024 21:10
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  That was the hint I was missing. I did add the Network manually via the "+ Add Network" button, but what I missed was the additional switches after the entry area for the password. That was hidden by the keyboard. Now it works as expected. 

  Thanks a lot.
  
  Just for good measure, for those stumble over the same issue.
  
  Wenn adding the Network, there is at the end a "Advanced options" area, that you need to open to define that your network is hidden. It is a switch "Hidden Network" => "Yes"

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  Doruk

  • August 24, 2025 04:15

  Thanks for this topic.

  Initially I tried to enable SSID broadcasting of my network, connect my Karoo and disable it again.. but it immediately loses the connection and the network never gets discovered again.

  When you, however, go and create a network manually and select "Hidden Network" => "Yes", then it works as expected.

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