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Bug 447300 - Cannot change wireless network settings and connect
Cannot change wireless network settings and connect
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 372124
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: general
0.6.6
Other All
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Dan Williams
Dan Williams
: 517055 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-06-13 20:12 UTC by Matt Burkhardt
Modified: 2008-08-08 21:20 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Matt Burkhardt 2007-06-13 20:12:07 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
While trying to connect to my wireless network, I started with no encryption and then moved to WEP and finally to WPA personal.  I found that each time I had to reload the entire os (Ubuntu 7.04) in order for it to work

Steps to reproduce:
1. Connect to a wireless network unencrypted
2. Change the wireless network to run WEP
3. Try to connect to the wireless network
4. Reload the os
5. Connect


Actual results:
It works until I change the network configuration

Expected results:


Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
Another bug from another user - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=472583
Comment 1 Wouter Bolsterlee (uws) 2007-09-27 17:16:07 UTC 
Confirming, this happened to me as well after upgrading from WEP to WPA. However, reinstalling the OS not really needed. The problem is that the stored key (in gnome-keyring) is endlessly tried, of course without luck. The result is an endlessly spinning "Connecting to $ESSID" icon.

NetworkManager should notice that authentication failed and ask the user for a new key. I'm no expert on WLAN, so I'm not sure you can figure out for sure the authentication failed. Either way, if the type of encryption changes, e.g. from WEP to WPA, NetworkManager can now for sure the old key is no longer valid.
Comment 2 Germán Poo-Caamaño 2008-08-08 21:18:37 UTC 
*** Bug 517055 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Germán Poo-Caamaño 2008-08-08 21:20:59 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 372124 ***