[Bug 85468] Re: NetworkManager finds wireless network, does not connect

Scott Robinson scott_ubuntu at scott.tranzoa.net
Tue Mar 13 01:48:20 UTC 2007


I tracked it down. Basically, disassociation doesn't occur properly.

NM has incorrect disassociation logic, but because of how wpa_supplicant
interacts it doesn't matter.

wpa_supplicant does an proper disassociation, but the ndiswrapper driver
doesn't handle it properly.

So, in short, it's a bug in ndiswrapper. It cannot use the NDIS
disassociate, because it'll take down cards permanently in some cases.
Therefore, they instead associate to an invalid AP and it doesn't take
from paranoia logic in the driver.

http://ndiswrapper.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ndiswrapper/trunk/ndiswrapper/driver/iw_ndis.c?revision=2223&view=markup

** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: network-manager => ndiswrapper
       Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed

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NetworkManager finds wireless network, does not connect
https://launchpad.net/bugs/85468




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