network-manager only supports WPA when roaming
Bug #126968 reported by
Robert Merkel
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
I'm running network-manager 0.6.4-6ubuntu7 on stock Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (except for running a patch acpi-updates to deal with a setup-resume bug) on a HP Compaq NC2400, with the Intel 3945 chipset using the proprietary Intel driver.
I want to connect to a WPA protected wireless network using a fixed IP address.
WPA works fine when in "roaming mode", but when I select "manual configuration" in the gnome applet I can only choose WEP encryption.
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| Hugo Heden (hugoheden) wrote | #1 |
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| Hugo Heden (hugoheden) wrote | #2 |
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| Alexander Sack (asac) wrote | #3 |
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| status: | New → Fix Released |
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I second this. I've been wanting to configure a static IP (for better bittorrent performance etc) using wireless with WPA, but that didn't seem to be possible using the GUI-tools in Feisty.
(Work-around: Edit /etc/network/
When one selects "manual configuration", the network-admin application is opened, from package gnome-system-tools.
*However*, since I've upgraded to Gutsy Tribe 5, there are now options for WEP key Hex, WEP key ASCII, WPA Personal and WPA 2 Personal in the Password Type menu. So this bug could perhaps be considered fixed with Gutsy?
The problem now is just that I can't make a WPA connection work using network-admin (that is, with Roaming Mode disabled). I'll look more into it, and try to file the necessary bugs, if any.
Bug 113062 and bug 123881 seems to duplicate this one.