[Bug 454225] [NEW] Cannot connect to hidden WEP network with wireless driver "iwl3945"

[Craig Cabrey]

Public bug reported:

With a completely updated Karmic install (with kernel version
2.6.31-14-generic), I cannot connect to a hidden WEP network, even
though I know the correct SSID and key. I can connect just fine to a
public, non-secured network, however. I have not been able to test if it
is just that the network is hidden that is tripping the driver up or
because it is WEP. I don't have access to WPA[2] networks to test,
either.

dmesg shows the following when network manager tries to connect:
[76941.191642] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76941.388061] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76941.590531] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76941.788151] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out
[76954.435772] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76954.632086] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76954.834411] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76955.033147] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out
[76963.887684] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76964.084076] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76964.284188] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
[76964.484096] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out

(Note I removed the MAC addresses and replaced them with zeros)
What I did notice about the MAC addresses was that it wasn't showing the right one. Instead, it was showing the AP's MAC address +1. For example, if the AP's MAC address was 00:11:22:33:44:55:66, then dmesg showed 00:11:22:33:44:55:67

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  cabrey     1637 F.... kmix
                      cabrey     1803 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   cabrey     1803 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xefffc000 irq 21'
   Mixer name	: 'SigmaTel STAC9200'
   Components	: 'HDA:83847690,102801c2,00102201 HDA:14f12bfa,14f100c3,00090000'
   Controls      : 12
   Simple ctrls  : 7
Date: Sat Oct 17 17:06:03 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bccf7408-441c-4f3d-a9eb-dece19f4585a
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D620
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-generic 2.6.31.14.27
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=b214dcd9-d253-41d7-bd4d-2d749ffa91f3 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.47-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.23
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 12/18/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 0JK187
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd12/18/2006:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD620:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0JK187:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D620
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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Cannot connect to hidden WEP network with wireless driver "iwl3945"
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