Hidden SSID WLAN doesn't work under Ubuntu.9.10 at all
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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NULL Project |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Hi,
I've recently upgraded to Karmic.
Hardware is OK - Lenovo ThinkPad T500, dual boot Ubuntu/Vista.
Under Vista everything working fine.
Under Ubuntu I'm unable to connect to my home wireless network which has hidden SSID and WPA-PSK/TKIP password.
If I change the router settings to enable the SSID broadcast, then Ubuntu has no problems with this WiFi connection - same password/WPA-PSK.
Thus, I assume, that the problem is only about connecting to hidden SSID networks with WPA-PSK/TKIP passwords.
I know, that hidden SSID is not helping to much with security, but I still want to have SSID broadcasting turned-off.
Could you please advise, how to solve the problem?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Kris
P.S.
From my dmesg:
[ 11.319473] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27k
[ 11.319477] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
[ 11.319964] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 11.319974] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 11.320195] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN REV=0x54
[ 11.356720] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
[ 11.356784] alloc irq_desc for 32 on node 0
[ 11.356786] alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[ 11.356807] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 11.635891] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 11.635894] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 11.635898] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 11.635902] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 11.635905] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 11.635908] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 11.635911] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 11.654517] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
[ 20.832115] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-
[ 20.927766] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 8.24.2.12
[ 21.074778] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::radio
[ 21.074805] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::assoc
[ 21.074827] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::RX
[ 21.074846] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::TX
[ 21.122041] ADDRCONF(
[ 23.343363] cfg80211: Found new beacon on frequency: 2472 MHz (Ch 13) on phy0
Changed in ubuntu: | |
assignee: | nobody → Bug Management Team (bugmanagement) |
Changed in ubuntu: | |
assignee: | Bug Management Team (bugmanagement) → nobody |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
- Hidden SSID WLAN doesn't work under Ubuntu.9.10 - tested on Lenovo T500 - and DELL + Hidden SSID WLAN doesn't work under Ubuntu.9.10 at all |
Changed in network-manager: | |
assignee: | nobody → Crash bug triagers for main packages (ubuntu-crashes-main) |
Bug confirmed on DELL laptop by Axel:
Hi all,
it seems to be a new old problem with the network-manager: I didn't get it to work with hidden SSID WiFi access points neither with Ubuntu 7.10 nor with 8.04
I was happy, that the bug has been obviously fixed in 8.10, because network-manager worked well since then with my access point.
But now the problem is back again:
There are two Dell notebooks on the table in front of me. One is running Ubuntu 8.10 working perfectly well and one is running 9.10 whith a network manager, that shows exactly the erroneous behaviour which Kris already described.
Regards,
Axel