Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ifupdown
I've been debugging a customer problem with a MID device in which they
report that Manual Configuration of WEP access points doesn't work ( ie.
my device doesn't associate with the AP, and thus never comes online ).
I have no problems connecting to the same access point using
NetworkManager / nm-applet.
It's taken me awhile, but I've finally traced Manual Configuration of
Wireless from the gnome-system-tools application network-admin to
liboob, to system-tools-backends, to ifupdown.
I've also had most of the people in my office ( Canonical Lexington )
try the same scenario, and so far, nobody else has been able to get
Manual Configuration / WEP to work either, so this is not a problem
specific to the device ( or driver ) we're working with. FYI, the
driver in question has it's own problems... it's the Marvell sd8686
driver ported by Intel.
I've also tried manually running ifup with the same interfaces stanzas
that network-admin produces, which is why I'm adding this as an ifupdown
bug.
The version of ifupdown on the system's I've tested is 0.6.8ubuntu8.
Here's what my /etc/network/interfaces file contains:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
auto lo
iface l0 inet loopback
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-key s:FAKEKEYFORWEP
wireless-essid UbuntuTest
auto wlan0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Note -- I've tried this with a Macbook Pro ( Santa Rosa ) running
madwifi, a Sony Vaio using an ipw2x00 card, a ThinkPad running madwifi
0.9.4, and none of them work.
** Affects: acton
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: ifupdown (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: acton
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[hardy] ifup fails to trigger association with WEP access points
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240520
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