Description of problem: If a wireless network card is determined to be unable to handle creating an adhoc network, it should tell the user. Apparently the message in /var/log/messages "Activation (dev17652/wireless): association took too long (>20s), failing activation" indicates that is the case. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.6.0-3 How reproducible: Always, with appropriate hardware Steps to Reproduce: 1. Find a card which cannot handle creating an adhoc wireless network (eg, the default one in the Sony Vaio in DesktopQA, which looks to be ipw2200, Intel PRO/wireless 2200BG), with FC5 Gold on it, and with the necessary firmware on it 2. Verify that the card is working by connecting to a wireless network. 3. Use the "Create new wireless network" option to try to create an adhoc network. Actual results: Fails with "Activation (dev17652/wireless): association took too long (>20s), failing activation" in /var/log/messages, but just fails silently as far as a regular user is concerned. Expected results: Should tell the user that their card does not support this activity, and preferably disable the ability to even try to create a new wireless network with this particular card. Additional info:
I think this bug might be named incorrectly. I have an ipw2200 on my laptop, and I use ad-hoc connections at home all the time. The problem with NetworkManager is that it apparently doesn't support ad-hoc mode. If I use it to connect to an ad-hoc network, something keeps switching the mode to managed. If I manually change it back (iwconfig eth1 mode ad-hoc), it works for a while until something changes it back to managed.
Fedora Core 5 is no longer maintained. Is this bug still present in Fedora 7 or Fedora 8?
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