NetworkManager can't connect to my fon.com hotspot; iwconfig+dhclient works

[Damien Cassou]

Binary package hint: network-manager

Hi,

I have a fon hotspot (fon.com) at home. I can connect to it without problem using the following command lines but NetworkManager always fail. I attach daemon.log to this report.

The hotspot does not have WEP or WPA configured but uses a captive portal.

This works:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon stop
$ sudo iwconfig eth1 essid "Neuf WiFi FON"
$ sudo dhclient eth1
[...]
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8webpage to authenticate the user
DHCPOFFER of 192.168.2.13 from 192.168.2.1
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.2.13 on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK of 192.168.2.13 from 192.168.2.1
bound to 192.168.2.13 -- renewal in 519 seconds.

To reproduce:

1- Select "Neuf WiFi FON" in the list of networks in nm-applet

the first light rapidly becomes green but the second ones never does. NetworkManager decides to stop trying to connect to this access point and try another one.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
Gconf:

IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
Package: network-manager 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.1
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
SourcePackage: network-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

[Damien Cassou (cassou)]

This bug does not seem a duplicate of #329798 anymore because I can still reproduce it on Jaunty.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

Hi, have you tried to set different encryption methods on your AP; or different channels/frequencies/standards (a,b,g,n)?

[Damien Cassou (cassou)]

I can't modify most settings and there is no encryption method.

I've also reported this bug upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572653

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

Appears to have been a bug in the non-free wl driver.