Created attachment 355166 [details] uname, iwconfig, lspci, dmesg excerpt Description of problem: ----------------------- Intel WiFi card model Link 5300 on Fedora 11 cannot establish connection with encrypted networks. Card scans and locates all surrounding networks, but when connecting takes long time, whereafter a dialogue asking for passkey appears. This is repeated a number of times until connection fails. DE is KDE4, using NetworkManager and plasma network widget. How reproducible: ----------------- Highly. Any attempt to connect to any encrypted network using KDE4's network manager (plasma widget) will result in the described issue. Additional info: ---------------- Not isolated to only the 5000-series card or iwlagn, f.i. an identical bug for the 3945 chipset is posted here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458452 Might be a known issue in other distros too. See f.i. this Mandriva bug report, http://www.nabble.com/-Bug-43441--kernel%2C-NEW%3A-wifi-iwl3945-barely-connects-td19276900.html#a19276908, where it is investigated and apparently solved. Also possibly related, RedHat advices users of Intel chipset wifis to disable hardware accelerated encryption: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468967
Similar (if not identical) bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446015
Possibly related (seemingly similar) bug from F10: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458452
What sort of encryption are you using? Are you absolutely sure that you are using the correct credentials (i.e. WEP key or WPA password)? Have you tried logging into a GNOME session and using NetworkManager there? And/or have you tried establishing a connection by disabling NetworkManager and using iwconfig and/or wpa_supplicant directly?
I am certain I am using the correct credentials. I am running a KDE only system so I have not tried running a GNOME session. I have tried several Live CDs though, and both Fedora and OpenSUSE display the same problem, while Mandriva 2009.1 MLO (KDE4 live cd) successfully manages to establish connection to secure wifi networks. This also seems to be a widespread and common issue, and probably a complex one depending on the interplay of several components. While is predominantly seems to be an Intel wifi issue, there are indications (forum threads etc) of it also being a problem with other wifi chipsets. For a wider discussion and description, please see the original FedoraForum thread: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=227035
Honestly, you seem to be finding every reference to every problem with every distribution for the past few years and figuring that they are all the exact same thing that you are seeing now with F11 on your box. This isn't helpful. The questions in comment 3 have an implied 'if not, then please do so and tell me the results' on the end of them. Pointing at some random thread didn't provide those answers for me. FWIW, I connect to encrypted networks (both WEP and WPA) with F11, NetworkManager, and iwl5300 everyday -- please don't presume that the problem you are experiencing is universal.
I seem to be rubbing you the wrong way in my attempt to be helpful and provide research. It is a little bit "damned if you do, damned if you don't" when one's asked to make bug reports, being asked to try to do one's best beforehand, to be helpful and informative, and then shot down for it. Makes me very hesitant to post any bug reports in the future. Still, I apologise. However, while not having made any claims as to universality, I do think that your reply goes the other way around too: because it works at your rig doesn't mean that your luck is universal. If I can provide any better information, please tell me what would be needed and I will do my best.
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