** Summary changed: - kubuntu upgrade to 7.04 broke wpa wireless link + kubuntu cannot deal with wpa wireless link
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: network-manager + Current (December 2007) status: the upgrade for 7.10 (Gutsy) left my + "put magic text in config files with my bare hands" (or vi) manual + configuration alone. But I still can't get KDE network stuff to even + admit that such a thing as WPA2 encryption exists. But after seeing some + of the trouble reports from folks who somehow did find a way to persuade + knetworkmanager to try to manage a WPA2 link, I guess maybe I'm lucky + I'm not one of them. + + --- After much else failed, I got Edgy to use my wireless link using the instructions at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834 The hardware driver was never an issue -- the problem is that Ubuntu's handling of WPA (wireless encryption) is, as far as I have ever seen, completely broken. Naturally, when I upgraded to 7.04, it broke the wireless link again. To fix it, so far, I think, I have deleted network-manager and it's evil kde front-end, and deleted the ####-ed lines from /etc/network/interfaces: auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.2.25 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.2.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255 gateway 192.168.2.1 dns-nameservers 192.168.2.1 wpa-driver wext #### wpa-conf managed wpa-ssid CENSORED wpa-ap-scan 1 wpa-proto RSN wpa-pairwise CCMP wpa-group CCMP wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK wpa-psk CENSORED #### wireless-essid CENSORED #### wireless-key s:CENSORED I really wish Ubuntu would better test their releases with secured wireless networking. -- kubuntu cannot deal with wpa wireless link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/110325 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
