WPA doesn't work with NetworkManager on big-endian (works with wpa_supplicant)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Deluge |
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Undecided
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NetworkManager |
Fix Released
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Medium
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network-manager (Fedora) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Alexander Sack |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
(from the same bug on the Gnome Bugzilla #420216):
Please describe the problem:
I have an iBook G4 with a Broadcom chipset, and I'm using the bcm43xx driver.
NetworkManager is unable to connect to any network with WPA encryption. It
works fine with unencrypted networks and wireless networks (I haven't actually
tested WEP networks, I don't have access to any, but from what I've read online
it seems to work fine with WEP networks). The bcm43xx driver can connect to WPA
networks using wpa_supplicant.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Using the bcm43xx driver, try to connect to a WPA network.
2. A dialogue will pop up asking you for the password: enter it.
3. NetworkManager will try to connect to the WPA network, but it'll never
succeed.
Actual results:
It'll just keep trying to connect but it never will.
Expected results:
I'd expect it to connect on the basis that WPA networks work with
wpa_supplicant.
Does this happen every time?
Yes.
Other information:
Here's a report for the same bug on Red Hat's bugzilla:
http://
And I'm sorry for not filing this bug report earlier, it's been bothering me for quite a while. I just hope this'll be fixed in time for Feisty.
Related branches
Changed in deluge: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in deluge: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Rejected |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → Unconfirmed |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in network-manager: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in network-manager (Fedora): | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
I can't get NetworkManager 0.6.4 to authenticate over WPA with my Motorola
SBG900E access point/cable modem. If I use wpa_supplicant 0.4.8, then it works
totally fine. I'vm using a Powerbook 12" notebook with a bcm43xx (Airport
Express) interface.
Options for wpa_supplicant are -ieth1 -Dwext, and the configuration file is:
ctrl_interface= /var/run/ wpa_supplicant group=wheel
ctrl_interface_
network={
ssid="Motorola"
key_mgmt= WPA-PSK
psk="xxxxxxxxx"
scan_ssid=1
}
I have attached portions of /var/log/messages for the NetworkManager
case (which fails) and wpa_supplicant (which succeeds).