Comment 22 for bug 737615

I think I can reproduce at least one of the problems reported here. Under Edit Connections | Wireless I have several Wi-Fi networks listed including my neighbor's, "BRINK", for which I don't have a password. (I think that BRINK, unlike other neighbors' networks, is listed in the Edit Connections | Wireless window because I once accidentally selected that network from the list of available networks in the applet menu. Note that I never connected to BRINK because I have never had the password.)

If I select "BRINK" and click "Edit..." then I surprisingly get a "Wireless Network Authentication Required" dialog even though I am now at another location far far away from BRINK. I also get the Editing window for BRINK. See attached screenshot.

If I Cancel the authentication dialog or leave it open then the "Save..." button in the Editing window is greyed out.

If I edit some bogus password into the authentication dialog then the dialog goes away and the "Save..." button becomes ungreyed.

There are probably several different shortcomings in the UI, but one of the most important shortcomings is that the "Save..." button is greyed out and no reason is provided. Even if the user infers that some field is invalid (e.g., no password has been entered), she is not told by NM which field(s) is invalid.