Public bug reported:
When you go out of range on the wifi or shut off the wifi radio with the
hardware button, ubuntu (9.10)'s network manager tries to reconnect for a while
then asks for a password.
When in fact, either the wifi radio has been turned off or I'm out of range.
Not really a problem but can be confusing. It should properly notify if the
wifi radio has been turned off or you've gone out of range.
What I expected to happen:
A notification that the laptop has gone out of range or that the wifi radio is
off.
What happened instead:
Network Manager prompts for the password to the same (unreachable) network.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Turn on WPA2/AES encryption on your wifi-router.
2. Enter the password on ubuntu, connects successfully.
3. Turn off wifi-radio with the hardware switch.
Observe as ubuntu tries to reconnect for a while and then prompts for a
password for the same wifi network.
I'm using:
WPA2/AES encryption
Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)
Which was properly detected and the Broadcom STA wireless driver was installed
for, by ubuntu 9.10 64bit
NetworkManager Applet 0.7.996
hpTX2000 laptop
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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network manager incorrectly interprets wifi radio inavailability as wrong
password
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565239
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