Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: network-manager
I have two wireless devices on my laptop. The internal wireless device
is so bad i can't get a signal if i am on-top of a wireless AP. I have
a USB wireless nic plugged in. Every time I boot the machine both
wireless devices are enabled and packets attempt to route through the
internal device (which will never work).
You can't assume that a list of wireless nics is a simple list and just
pick the first one. The wireless device with the best signal should be
chosen in this case. However the bigger problem here is that network
managers for other operating systems (osx,windows...) store a users
"state". If I disable the internal wireless nic it should stay
disabled. If I connect to a secure network it should store that key
and never ask for it again. (I hate the popup that has my obscured
password and i just click "ok", thats just annoying and a worthless
dialog box.) Also they have firewalls(!), why can't i adjust my
firewall settings per network interface?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Fri Jun 17 11:51:04 2011
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
IpRoute:
10.8.64.0/18 dev wlan1 proto kernel scope link src 10.8.81.111 metric 2
default via 10.8.64.46 dev wlan1 proto static
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=C:en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-20 (58 days ago)
** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity
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Incorrect handling of multiple wireless nics.
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