Public bug reported: To replicate: 1. Open System > Administration > Network Settings 2. Choose an unencrypted wireless around hoping dhclient will fail to get an ip 3. Hit "Activate" 4. When getting an ip fails / times out, the "activating interface" popup dissapears and in the appropriate "network settings" info box shows it as if wireless is connected.
What should happen: 1. same 2. same 3. same 4. popup should dissapear, tell the user that the interface could not be activated, and "network settings" part for wlan0 / eth1 should read "interface not active" Why a bug: User will not understand why s/he cannot access internet unless s/he checks manually with ifconfig / iwconfig. ** Affects: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: Unconfirmed -- [Dapper] Network Settings sets wireless as "active" but it isn't https://launchpad.net/bugs/47608 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs