Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 429622
NetworkManager association with WPA is unreliable.
Last modified: 2009-01-07 17:35:05 EST
Description of problem: Associating with a WPA-protected access point works unreliably. Associations will fail 90% of the times and will succeed once in a while. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.6.svn3138.fc8.i386 wpa_supplicant-0.5.7-21.fc8.i386 kernel-2.6.23.8-63.i686 Using ipw2200. How reproducible: Most of the times. Additional info: Turn on the RF-kill switch, waiting a few seconds and turning it off increases the chances of a successful association. Stopping NetworkManager, waiting a few seconds and turning it back on also increases the chances of a successful association. I've also noticed that "iwconfig" reports no encryption keys when NetworkManager is trying to associate. This always leads to a failing association. Phil.
Bug is still present in NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3204.fc8.i386. Phil.
One extra data point: After testing with a Linksys AP, the problem seems to happen only with Apple Airport Extreme access points. These access points seem to offer both WEP and WPA at the same time. This might confuse NM. Phil.
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Now fixed, even in F8.