WPA password setting in Network Manager gets scrambled

[donpdonp]

Im trying to connect to a WPA network using Intrepid, Network Manager, and and Intel 4965 wireless card. I could connect correctly using Hardy (upgraded to Intrepid today). I put in the WPA password, and it takes the password and both green dots light up which tells me the password is correct. after a long time of circling with both dots being lit, the connection attempt fails.

then i see two symptoms:
 dmesg says "wlan0 (WE) : Wireless Event too big (342)"

 editing the network manager setting for that wireless network and clicking on 'show password' shows a completely different password than what i entered. If i select that network again to connect to it, the connection fails right away and prompts for a new password, which tells me network manager is now using the incorrect, scrambled password.

[Elias K Gardner (zorkerz)]

Hi thanks for reporting your bug. I am unsure as to why you are unable to connect to the wireless network. Your scrambled password issue is a known bug see bug#239970 The correct passphrase is still getting sent to the wireless network. If you entered you password correctly originally this will not prevent you from connecting.

I was having trouble connecting to a wpa network when I switched to 8.10 and discovered it was because network manager misselected on of the settings (i needed PEAP instead of TLS or something similar. Try the other combinations or if you know how the network is set up make sure network-manager is selecting the appropriately.

[donpdonp (don-park)]

i happened to be sitting right next to the access point tonight, and for the first time, the association/authentication process worked! i dont know why Ibex or possibly the newer iwlwifi firmware has reduced the radio's sensitivity. at any rate this bug can be closed.

[heinrich (projekt928)]

I too had this issue with WPA2 on 3 different adapters ... one -N and 2 -G adapters, and one is a Cisco -G. so ... I read this and went to sit next to the AP andyes it worked immediately. 1) the bug that displays the passphrase as a long GUID-like thing, and 2) I believe this is a bug in 8.10 ... Windows sees my wireless networks fine from where I sit in my living room, but 8.10 cannot see it unless I am in the same room!! Additionally, let me just take this opportunity toexpress my utmost disdain for the Inspiron ze2000's Broadcom 4318 or whatever it is, it SUCKS ... even in Windows, the drivers are nonexistent, and when I installedXP it was unable to find a driver. When I downloaded the 2004-dated (!!) driver from Dell's site, it did not make the card work (yes the blue light came on) but it DID do something really bad to my wireless network stack, because from then-on no matter what I did (uninstalled it also and added other NICs) networking was unusably unreliable, as in fast one sec and the next unreachable despite 100% signal. In Windows I mean .. because in Linux, the card never did work.

I must say, clipping NIC roms and creating drivers may be fun for some ... but for me, it is a real drag. I set the laptop by the AP and with full strength, 8.10 was able to run a very nice full download of updates .... whyu does it not do this automatically when the network goes active?

Clearly I am a Windows veteran (server, was MS test etc) ... so I apologise if I am just an ignorant Windie :)

[heinrich (projekt928)]

Correction ... 8.10 can see the networks but cannot connect failing with the error described above in the first post.

[heinrich (projekt928)]

Update - after those updates, 8.10 is now working well. Bugs fixed I guess :)