NetworkManager detects networks but does not connect (RaLink 2500).

[Hernan Gatta]

NetworkManger is able to detect wireless networks via a Linksys wireless card using the RaLink2500. However, when trying connecting, nothing happens. This is also reproducible in SuSE 10.2.
In my particular case, my network is WEP and I use a 10-digits hexadecimal number to authenticate. Connecting using a passphrase is also possible. No option works. With roaming disabled, I experience the same problem. With Networking disabled via NetworkManage, the problem persists as well. It worked under 6.06 and 6.10.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the contents of your '/etc/network/interfaces' file and the ouput of 'iwconfig' after you have tried to connect to your network? Thanks in advance.

[Hernan Gatta (gattahernan-deactivatedaccount)]

After I try to connect to the Wireless network, it falls-back onto the Wired one (which, now, goes to the same router).

iwconfig output after connection try (roaming enabled - I cut the lo and eth0 output as they have no wireless extensions):

ra0 RT2500 Wireless ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:0 dBm
          RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=83/100 Signal level=-12 dBm Noise level:-192 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Could it be that NM isn't say "programmed" to connect to networks with names with spaces?

Note: /etc/network/interfaces (attached)
ath0, eth1, eth2 and wlan0 are non-existing network as (as far as I know) there's no device that provides them.
Please note as well that I've also tried to get my network working as I used to under Edgy and Dapper, that's I guess why you get to see my ESSID and Hex Password in the file.

[Hernan Gatta (gattahernan-deactivatedaccount)]

Between, this is the same as happened in SuSE 10.2. It never gets to set interface up. A few months ago in SuSE, I could see the NM try to set the interface up (in its tooltip) and that was all it did. It has always stayed there. I had to use ifup, which has always worked on the card on both SuSE and Ubuntu.

[Sniper Fox (sniperfox-gvc)]

This bug is a dupe of Bug #78037