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Bug 673717 - nm doesn't check if a wireless network card (e.g. ipw2200) has any encryption capabilities advertised with nl80211
nm doesn't check if a wireless network card (e.g. ipw2200) has any encryption...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: general
0.9.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Dan Williams
Dan Williams
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-04-08 09:27 UTC by simar
Modified: 2012-04-12 10:49 UTC
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Description simar 2012-04-08 09:27:12 UTC 
A wirless network card with no encryption capabilities is next to useless for me so I think detecting this is a good reason to think that nl80211 is broken or not implemented or something like this and try if wext is available. See attached patch.
I found this bug on ubuntu see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/973241 and
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/971628
Comment 1 Mike Stucka 2012-04-10 21:02:06 UTC 
I have similar problems with the same module, ipw2200 with BG2200 card, similar reporting problem. Can this get marked confirmed?
Comment 2 Jiri Klimes 2012-04-12 10:24:54 UTC 
commit de3353d58c22ba9882784e9cf0653c7ac427eb9b
Comment 3 simar 2012-04-12 10:49:19 UTC 
Thanks for incorporating that patch. Please note that this patch will not work anymore (for ipw2x00 drivers) when this patch (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/88613) is incorporated into the kernel.
This will make things work in principle but there might be other side effects (From my experience I assume no signal strength will be reported.).