I can confirm the same behavior on a clean install of intrepid alpha 6 on an aspire one using ath5k
Another note on usability.
The prompt that nm-applet brings up does not have the password control set as focus, and the connect button set as default, so you have to click to into the edit control to enter the password and either use the keyboard short cut for the button or use the mouse, it would be nice to be able to just type the password and hit enter to continue.
I can confirm the same behavior on a clean install of intrepid alpha 6 on an aspire one using ath5k
Another note on usability.
The prompt that nm-applet brings up does not have the password control set as focus, and the connect button set as default, so you have to click to into the edit control to enter the password and either use the keyboard short cut for the button or use the mouse, it would be nice to be able to just type the password and hit enter to continue.