Pinging the AP after connecting with a static IP should be optional

Bug #399798 reported by Dan O'Reilly
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
wicd
Fix Released
Medium
Dan O'Reilly

Bug Description

Right now wicd pings the default gateway after making a static connection. Some APs drop ping attempts, so we incorrectly assume we were unable to associate. Pinging the gateway should be made optional so users with these APs can connect.

Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)
Changed in wicd:
importance: Undecided → Medium
milestone: none → 1.6.3
status: New → Triaged
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Leonardo Muttoni (muttoni) wrote :

Hi all,

My post in forum relates to this bug and can help.

http://wicd.net/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=640

thanks,

Leo.

Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)
Changed in wicd:
status: Triaged → In Progress
Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)
Changed in wicd:
assignee: nobody → Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)
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Adam Blackburn (adamblackburn) wrote :

Hey Dan, any progress on this?

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Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf) wrote :

Just committed it.

Changed in wicd:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Adam Blackburn (adamblackburn) wrote :

Awesome. Thanks.

Changed in wicd:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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