We could keep a list of hardware where authentication was rejected, so that we won't keep on trying to reconnect with a wrong password. But we should keep on retrying, if the fault was a connection fault only, but not a reject due to wrong credentials.
Probably in NM we should have a menu entry "Reconnect" which deletes the list of wrong password access points and tries to reconnect to the already authenticated access point. If matching access points exist and reconnecting fails for all available access points, we should get an error message with an OK button (default) and a button "enter new credentials" to get a password dialog to enter a new password. But the user should get these dialogs only when actively editing the network preferences and trying to reconnect, but not when just using the network. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/615239 Title: Every Wi-Fi disconnection is treated as an authentication error Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in NetworkManager: Confirmed Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: network-manager I'm using lucid, with the 0.8-0ubuntu3, in a laptop, and is incredible that the nm-applet couldn't diagnostic why the wireless connection was lost and only trow the password prompt when I've lost the signal. nm-applet should see the kern.log or dmesg to react at signal lost. For example, when the kernel try 3 times probe the AP and don't get response nm-applet say The pc are far away from the access point and can not be connected. Please, move close to the access point or try another more near. And by the way, when the authentication fails, or the association. --- Architecture: i386 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el archivo o directorio CheckboxSubmission: ee8ebec101005ce57a9c3355b36ca8a7 CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) IpRoute: 172.16.254.0/24 dev wlan1 proto kernel scope link src 172.16.254.5 metric 2 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan1 scope link metric 1000 default via 172.16.254.200 dev wlan1 proto static Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el archivo o directorio Package: network-manager 0.8-0ubuntu3 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=es_DO.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Tags: lucid Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686 UserGroups: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/615239/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
