Bug 228566

Summary: KEY doesn't work in ifcfg-eth1 (wireless)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Joachim Stadel <stadel>
Component: system-config-networkAssignee: Harald Hoyer <harald>
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Description Joachim Stadel 2007-02-13 19:59:53 UTC
Description of problem:
When using wireless with WEP under FC 6 one seems to need to use KEY1 instead of
KEY to make the connection work. This appears to be a simple script bug.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-8.45.7-1

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (key corresponding to ESSID) in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 (or other wireless adapter)
2. ifup eth1  -- this produces failed... check cable (ha ha)
3. Change KEY= to KEY1=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and watch it work.
  
Actual results:
described above

Expected results:
it works with KEY=

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2007-04-13 22:52:02 UTC
I can't reproduce this. Do you have a '1' file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts?

Comment 2 Joachim Stadel 2007-04-18 02:06:50 UTC
I found the source of the problem. Your comment made me suspicious of other
files in this directory and there was one called keys-eth1 with the following
content:
KEY=

If I remove this file then the problem goes away and I can use KEY=xxxx instead
of KEY1=xxxx in ifcfg-eth1. What also works is to put the actual key in this
file instead of in ifcfg-eth1 (probably the way if was intended to be used?).
Anyway, the only remaining question is where this keys-eth1 file came from.
Maybe it should be a blank file in the distro and not one with KEY= in it. (?)

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2007-04-18 02:12:30 UTC
It's not shipped by default. Maybe a leftover of some config tool?

Comment 4 Joachim Stadel 2007-04-18 10:39:19 UTC
Yup, it is created by the Network Configuration tool under
menu:System/Admin/Network. I just tried changing the SSID to 
Auto (under the Wireless Tab) and it created the file with
KEY=(blank), so maybe that is not quite the intended behaviour?
My ifcfg-eth1 was also modified (of course) and the KEY=xxxx was 
removed from there (also not so good).

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2007-04-18 18:10:46 UTC
Assigning to system-config-network, then.

Comment 6 Harald Hoyer 2007-04-19 09:25:54 UTC
keys are not stored in ifcfg-<iface> , they are stored in keys-<iface> by
system-config-network

Comment 7 Harald Hoyer 2007-04-19 09:30:06 UTC
no, blank KEY= is not intended...

Comment 8 Joachim Stadel 2007-04-19 10:06:48 UTC
Ok, but keys usually correspond to each SSID that one connects to. So shouldn't
there be KEY,ESSID pairs stored somewhere and then be matched to the output of 
"iwlist eth1 scanning", or something similar? (Sorry about my ignorance of how 
wireless is supposed to work under Linux, but my experience is that a lot of 
playing around is required, so have patience with my comments please.) 

Comment 9 Harald Hoyer 2007-04-19 10:17:32 UTC
Because of the limited possibilities ifup/ifdown has, s-c-network only
configures _one_ wireless network. For more dynamic behaviour and user
interaction, please use NetworkManager.

Comment 10 Bug Zapper 2008-04-04 06:13:12 UTC
Fedora apologizes that these issues have not been resolved yet. We're
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Comment 11 Bug Zapper 2008-05-06 19:13:24 UTC
This bug is open for a Fedora version that is no longer maintained and
will not be fixed by Fedora. Therefore we are closing this bug.

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