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Bug 384033 - Can't connect on Ad-Hoc network
Can't connect on Ad-Hoc network
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: general
0.6.6
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Dan Williams
Dan Williams
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-12-09 13:10 UTC by Guillaume Desmottes
Modified: 2008-07-29 22:16 UTC
See Also:
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Description Guillaume Desmottes 2006-12-09 13:10:23 UTC 
I can see all wireless networks (with AP or Ad-Hoc), have no problem to connect on one having an AP but can't if it's one in Ad-Hoc mode.
It try to connect but the two led in the applet stay greys.

I'm using Ubuntu Feisty, NM 0.63, Linux 2.6.19-7.
My laptop is a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Si 1520-5510 using ipw3945.

I have no problem to connect on this network with my other laptop running Edgy and using a orinoco card.
Comment 1 Guillaume Desmottes 2006-12-20 18:09:12 UTC 
A friend having exactly the same laptop but running Edgy have the same problem.
So i suppose it's a problem with the driver.
Comment 2 Peter Goron 2006-12-26 12:56:10 UTC 
I'm encountering the same problem with an ipw2200 wireless card on an IBM T42p laptop running Edgy. I don't success to connect to an Ad-Hoc network.

Therefore I can connect to the other machine by manually configuring the card with iwconfig and dhclient.

network-manager version: 0.6.3
Comment 3 Guillaume Desmottes 2006-12-26 18:27:22 UTC 
I just retested using a up-to-date Feisty (Linux 2.6.20-2-generic and NM 0.6.4-6ubuntu1) and it seems to work now !

Peter maybe you should test using this version (you can easily do it with a daily build live cd)
Comment 4 Christopher Aillon 2007-12-29 15:34:02 UTC 
Going to resolve this since it works for the reporter and there hasn't been any noise to the contrary since.
Comment 5 Ahmad Amr Samir 2008-05-17 09:45:45 UTC 
It is not resolved AT ALL!! I still had the same issue in Gutsy and now in Hardy on my Thinkpad T42, I CAN'T CONNECT TO ANY AD-HOC NETWORKS, only infrastructure ones.
Comment 6 Ahmad Amr Samir 2008-05-17 09:47:12 UTC 
I can see the adhoc ones, but I just can't connect.