Hardy Release: network-admin forgets WPA settings

[Tom]

Rebooting after manually configuring WPA via network-manager in Hardy Release, loses the "password type". It was set to WPA2 but falls back to WPA.

[Mark Barrett (astralbat)]

I can confirm this is happening to me too.

I have selected "Manual Configuration" for network manager and entered my details for my WPA2 network. Initially this will work fine until I reboot when I lose my connection. Going back to my static configuration I see that it has reverted to WPA and my password is much longer than it should be. I have to change BOTH details and then I can reconnect fine. If I re-enter the network configuration dialog between holding a successful connection and rebooting, I can see that the details have reverted. This appears to demonstrate that network manager is refusing to remember these two details correctly whatsoever.

I have used a DHCP configuration a little and found that this works fine for me and seems to remember my password.

I have reproduced this problem on two different machines with the latest occurrence happening on a clean install of Hardy and with no prior network configuration.

My hardware is:
Wireless Adapter: Intel 3945ABG
Router: Netgear DG834Gv3

Can anyone confirm this is only happening with Intel based network adapters? (my loaded modules are iwl3945, iwlwifi_mac80211).

[destlund (dhestlund)]

I can confirm this. Same situation - have to reset WPA2 every time I reboot. It goes crazy trying to connect using WPA with a longer (unknown) key until I go in and change the settings every time. Also clean install of Hardy x86 on an Athlon64. Router is a Dlink.

02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)

[John Doe (jodo-deactivatedaccount1)]

I also have a problem with the Network Settings. I am using a wireless connection set to WPA. Each time I restart the computer I have to reenter my Network Password in System - Network Settings. I seems to reset to some longer unrecognizable password.

[stuart nolan (syble)]

Same problem... clean Hardy install on Dell XPS 420, with Airlink 4031 PCI and Linksys "n" router. Everything works perfectly except on boot or reboot NM shows a super-long password which doesn't work and after entering my 8 character passphrase (WPA-2) NM connects and all is well again. Am the newest of noobies, and am wondering if this thing will stay put using WICD or some other substitute for NM,