I checked and this is no longer the case in Ubuntu 12.04.
If this happens to you in Ubuntu 12.04, please set status back to New
and provide more details.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/558374
Title:
Network manager requires password for creating unprotected ad-hoc
network
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Binary package hint: network-manager
You can't create a new unprotected wireless network normally. Picking
security: None leaves the "Create" button ghosted out.
Steps to reproduce:
Click the network-manager applet. Pick Create New Wireless Network...
Leave Connection: New...
Type in any Network Name:
Change Wireless Security to None.
Ponder what to do next as all other options vanished and "Create" is still
ghosted out.
Workaround:
Pick Wireless Security: WEP 40/128-bit Key
Type in any password (say, 10 0's)
change Wireless Security to None
Click "Create".
Network Manager Applet 0.8, Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Remix
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