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Linux Wireless - Deny restrict

Hello Everyone

How can I configure Linux wireless on a laptop to Not connect to public Wifi that has no password.?

Some of the commands I have been using need to have a SSID= to point to each Wifi network.
Is it possible to have only one SSID statement to point to all of them, similar to a wild card.
Example SSID=”*.*”

Example of what I currently have that can only point to one Wifi network.
edit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
network={
SSID=”CableWifi”
key_mgmt=NONE
disable=1
}

noci

You can add as many networks as you like to add there.
The network={...} block may be repeated.
There is no wildcard for ssid= and the ssid= field is mandatory.

Then only add blocks for network you do like to connect to.
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# filter_ssids - SSID-based scan result filtering
# 0 = do not filter scan results (default)
# 1 = only include configured SSIDs in scan results/BSS table
filter_ssids=1

(from the wpa_supplicant.conf example (probably lives in the /usr/share/doc/wpa_suppl*/ folder.)

Duncan Roe

To enforce passwords, change key_mgmt=NONE to something else, and add a psk (password) line.

I am mystified by the disable=1 line in your config. Neither man wpa_supplicant.conf nor man wpa_supplicant on my system document it. Where did you read about that line?

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Bob Brown

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Thank You Noci - this was helpful