[Bug 565239] [NEW] network manager incorrectly interprets wifi radio inavailability as wrong password

[Jorge Adams]

Public bug reported:

When you go out of range on the wifi or shut off the wifi radio with the hardware button, ubuntu (9.10)'s network manager tries to reconnect for a while then asks for a password.
When in fact, either the wifi radio has been turned off or I'm out of range. Not really a problem but can be confusing. It should properly notify if the wifi radio has been turned off or you've gone out of range.

What I expected to happen:
A notification that the laptop has gone out of range or that the wifi radio is off.

What happened instead:
Network Manager prompts for the password to the same (unreachable) network.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Turn on WPA2/AES encryption on your wifi-router.
2. Enter the password on ubuntu, connects successfully.
3. Turn off wifi-radio with the hardware switch.

Observe as ubuntu tries to reconnect for a while and then prompts for a
password for the same wifi network.

I'm using:
WPA2/AES encryption
Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)
Which was properly detected and the Broadcom STA wireless driver was installed for, by ubuntu 9.10 64bit
NetworkManager Applet 0.7.996
hpTX2000 laptop

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

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network manager incorrectly interprets wifi radio inavailability as wrong password
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565239
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