[network-admin] No "no encyption" option in network-admin

[Matt Darcy]

Binary package hint: gnome-network

SYSTEM DETAILS:

Dell XPS M1330

 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network card

OS DETAILS:

Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy x86

2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP

Restricted Driver for Intel 3945ABG.

FAULT

While trying to use gnome-network configuration gui to connect to an unsecured access point there is no option to select "no encryption" or "unsecured".

I have to manually use iwconfig to set the ESSID and encryption level to none.

I initially thought this list was build from the drivers capabilities but looking at the source tree it looks like this list is just part of the gnome-network package.

I would expect to see "WPA/WPA2/WEP/Unsecured" for example as drop down options.

[Matt Darcy (matt-darcy)]

in terms of importance on this bug, for gnome-network, I'd request this be assigned to medium rather then low.
Simpley on the basis that this intel card is a common card and if this bug is confirmed then not being able to set "no encryption" is a very feature/connection limiting factor of the interface.

this is of course a request as there is a work around, but it is something that I believe is worth fixing.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug is actually about network-admin which is part of gnome-system-tools and I am changing the package to the proper one.

[Matt Darcy (matt-darcy)]

Thanks for changing the location.

Additional information:

on Investigation, the problem appears to have various manifestations.

I've seen many other users of the same card reporting one "option" for this cards encyption missing.

For example "open encyption" is missing for my personal situation, others report wep is missing but they have open, other wpa but they have wep.

The bug appears to be more generic "not all options are available" rather than the initial "cannot select open authentication" as reported.

[Matt Darcy (matt-darcy)]

would this perhaps be worth the intel maintainers (wifi) taking a look at this as the mode advertisment to gnome ?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=519309

[Matt Darcy (matt-darcy)]

This bug appears to be resolved in gnome 2.24.1 as released with ubuntu 8.10

[Matt Darcy (matt-darcy)]

fixed in later version