[Bug 339313] Re: Kubuntu Jaunty: Cannot Connect To Wireless Network with WEP shared key

[dbneeley]

I attempted to get the "Network manager" plasmoid to work with my wep
shared key ASCII passphrase and, like the others here, it would not
despite repeated efforts. I then "nuked" the Kubuntu install and
installed Ubuntu Jaunty--the network settings worked with the Live CD,
so I installed it on the hard drive and...it no longer could be set up
to work there,either.

Finally, I reinstalled Kubuntu, plugged into my router and downloaded
WICD--which worked the first time without problems. WICD also
automatically recognized several of the settings that the Kubuntu
Network Manager did not.

This has been such a long-standing problem through multiple releases,
why not replace the network manager with WICD--at least until you folks
get a clue about what is going wrong with network manager?

Shipping code that is known to be broken in a system which is ostensibly
designed for new Linux users to find easy to use is disgraceful,
frankly, when there is at least one existing solution that seems to be
better.

An alternative might be to have an installation choice to install one or
the other so no one would have to search on a wired connection for the
solution.

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Kubuntu Jaunty: Cannot Connect To Wireless Network with WEP shared key
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339313
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