GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 384033
Can't connect on Ad-Hoc network
Last modified: 2008-07-29 22:16:15 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.
A friend having exactly the same laptop but running Edgy have the same problem. So i suppose it's a problem with the driver.
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
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)
Going to resolve this since it works for the reporter and there hasn't been any noise to the contrary since.
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.
I can see the adhoc ones, but I just can't connect.