Network Manager does not allow a wireless network to change kind of encryption
Bug #165124 reported by
Gioele Barabucci
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #140422: [Gutsy] Unable to connect to Access Point if encryption method (WEP/WAP/WAP2) of the AP is changed.
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Bug Description
If a wireless network used to use a certain encryption protocol (e.g. WPA2) and then change its encryption protocol (e.g. to WEP), then NetworkManager will not allow the user to connect to the network. It will insist on connecting using the old encryption algorithm and, obviously, it will always fail.
To reproduce:
1) Connect to a network (essid FooBar) with WPA encryption
2) Use the network
3) Change the FooBar network to use the WEP encryption
4) Select the FooBar network using NetworkManager
5) The passoword dialog is shown
5.1) NetworkManager should ask for the WEP password
5.2) BUT it insist on asking for the WPA password
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Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #140422, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.