Cannot connect to hidden WEP network with wireless driver "iwl3945"

[Craig Cabrey]

With a completely updated Karmic install (with kernel version 2.6.31-14-generic), I cannot connect to a hidden WEP network, even though I know the correct SSID and key. I can connect just fine to a public, non-secured network, however. I have not been able to test if it is just that the network is hidden that is tripping the driver up or because it is WEP. I don't have access to WPA[2] networks to test, either.

dmesg shows the following when network manager tries to connect:
[76941.191642] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76941.388061] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76941.590531] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76941.788151] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out
[76954.435772] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76954.632086] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76954.834411] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76955.033147] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out
[76963.887684] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76964.084076] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76964.284188] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76964.484096] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out

(Note I removed the MAC addresses and replaced them with zeros)
What I did notice about the MAC addresses was that it wasn't showing the right one. Instead, it was showing the AP's MAC address +1. For example, if the AP's MAC address was 00:11:22:33:44:55:66, then dmesg showed 00:11:22:33:44:55:67

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: cabrey 1637 F.... kmix
                      cabrey 1803 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: cabrey 1803 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xefffc000 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9200'
   Components : 'HDA:83847690,102801c2,00102201 HDA:14f12bfa,14f100c3,00090000'
   Controls : 12
   Simple ctrls : 7
Date: Sat Oct 17 17:06:03 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bccf7408-441c-4f3d-a9eb-dece19f4585a
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D620
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-generic 2.6.31.14.27
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=b214dcd9-d253-41d7-bd4d-2d749ffa91f3 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.47-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.23
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 12/18/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 0JK187
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd12/18/2006:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD620:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0JK187:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D620
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

[This is an automated message. Apologies if it has reached you inappropriately.]

This bug was reported against the linux-meta package when it likely should have been reported against the linux package instead. We are automatically transitioning this to the linux kernel package so that the appropriate teams are notified and made aware of this issue.

If this bug really is a bug in the linux-meta package you can move it back to linux-meta and set the Status to Confirmed, or contact us on the #ubuntu-kernel channel on the FreeNode IRC server. Thanks.

[Sebastian Schuberth (sschuberth)]

I have the same issue in Karmic with a WPA2 secured network and hidden SSID. Neither network-manager nor wicd are able to connect although SSID and password are known and entered correctly (well, wicd does not even ask me for the SSID of the hidden network ...). As soon as I tell my AP to broadcast the SSID, I'm able to connect just fine. My hardware is an ASUS A8Js notebook.

[Sebastian Schuberth (sschuberth)]

I'm still having this issue on Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" with latest updates (kernel 2.6.32-24-generic): The Intel 3945ABG adapter in my ASUS A8Js notebook cannot connect to to my FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7270 (security is set to "WPA + WPA2") if my SSID is hidden. It works fine if I broadcast the SSID, but I'd rather prefer not to for security reasons.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug was filed against a series that is no longer supported and so is being marked as Won't Fix. If this issue still exists in a supported series, please file a new bug.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.