Public bug reported: I have a rtl8180-based wireless pcmcia card. After I upgraded to feisty, I found that iwconfig cannot set the essid correctly. It lost the last letter. Let's see the example:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid private [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 802.11b ESSID:"privat" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Retry:on Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality:34/100 Signal level:-111 dBm Noise level:-190 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid privatee [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 802.11b linked ESSID:"private" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: 00:90:00:18:03:25 Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Retry:on Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=73/100 Signal level=-111 dBm Noise level=-229 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux lqs-laptop 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux I have to connect to "privatee" if I actually want to connect to "private". This only happened with a rtl8180-based card, using r818x driver. It doesn't happen with another cards, such as atheros cards. The nm-applet also cannot set it correctly. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- iwconfig lost the last letter of essid when using r818x driver https://launchpad.net/bugs/98926 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs