network-manager-0.6 branch is broken with rt61

[Simon Ruggier]

Binary package hint: network-manager

It's kind of hard to be specific about the problem when dealing with a high level tool like network manager, so all I can say is that I've used 0.6 with bcm43xx, and it works, but it was periodically disconnecting. If I try to use 0.6 with ndiswrapper, it inexplicably fails to connect, it just stays with both circles being gray untl it times out. Today I downgraded to 0.5 on the suggestion of this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager , and it can connect using ndiswrapper. This would imply that the newer version broke that.

I've also tried and failed to get 0.61 working with rt61, but I haven't tested downgrading it yet. The only way I've managed to get rt61 working so far is by running dhclient ra0 while nm-applet is trying to connect, however. I don't know enough about using wireless from the command line to figure out a better way.

edit: downgrading network-manager to 0.5 worked with rt61 as well.

Also, note that I'm using the latest rt61 from http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Downloads, because nm doesn't seem to recognize the ralinktech rt61 that ships with Dapper

[Steve Alexander (stevea)]

I'm seeing the same problem with a Sitecom WL-171 (RaLink RT2561/RT61), and NetworkManager Applet 0.6.4.

I can use the wireless network just fine if I connect using dhclient ra0. However, I can't get network manager to actually connect, even if I run dhclient while it is trying to connect.

[Steve Alexander (stevea)]

Why is this bug report a duplicate of bug #48473? That bug report is about using WPA supplicant, whereas my wireless network is entirely open.