Description of problem: When creating an ad-hoc wireless network via NetworkManager-applet, it's rather difficult to select the security option of "None". If you do manage to select it and create the network, other devices will see your network as a secured network and ask for a key to connect to it, even though the security on the network was set to "None" in DeviceManager. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.7.996-6.git20091021.fc12.i686 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Left-click on the NetworkManager-applet and choose "Create New Wireless Network" 2. Type in a name for the new network. 3. Click in the Security box and choose "None" 4. Notice that the "Create" button is greyed out. It shouldn't be. 5. If you click in the "Network name" box again and edit it (delete or type a character), the "Create" button becomes enabled again. 6. Click on "Create" to create the network. 7. With another device (such as a laptop running Windows, or an iPhone, which are the devices I tested this with) look for your network. 8. Attempt to connect to your network with this device. Actual results: Even though you selected "None" for the security option, your network appears as a secured network and the device connecting to it will ask you for a key or password. Expected results: 1. The "Create" button should automatically be enabled (and not greyed out) as soon as you select "None" as the security option, provided you've already typed in a name for your network. 2. Your new network should appear as an unsecured wireless network to the other devices and they should be able to connect without asking for a key or password. Additional info: This was experienced on Fedora 12, KDE desktop, on a Dell Mini 9 netbook. The wifi card on the netbook is: 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) The kmod-wl driver from rpmfusion is installed for this wifi card. The other devices that attempt to connect to my ad-hoc network include an iPhone 3G and an Acer Aspire 5050 laptop running Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Created attachment 383245 [details] Enabling "Create" button when creating ad-hoc network with security "None" I can confirm the issue with insensitive "Create" button when first filling network name and then switching to security option "None". The attached patch should resolve the issue. However, after creating a non-secured network, I can sucessfully connect to it. My test configuration: On F12, NM 0.7.997 - created an ad-hoc network with "None" security. Lenovo T400 with 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection driver: iwlagn Windows Vista Home Professional can connect to it. Could you re-try with newer NM and try to grab scan list (possible with some Linux box) to see what the network advertize?
Unsecured networks are now working as expected with NetworkManager-0.7.997-2.git20091214.fc12.i686. I was able to create an unsecured ad-network and connect to it from my iPhone. The insensitive Create button is still an issue though.
f3a5f17c23d0436f1875eb7226a9556c342f4094 (master) b6a03930e2a49c2e3591eb32c819150d75e01d71 (0.7.x) thanks!
NetworkManager-0.8.0-3.git20100323.fc13,ModemManager-0.3-4.git20100323.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.8.0-3.git20100323.fc13,ModemManager-0.3-4.git20100323.fc13
NetworkManager-0.8.0-3.git20100323.fc12,ModemManager-0.3-4.git20100323.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.8.0-3.git20100323.fc12,ModemManager-0.3-4.git20100323.fc12
NetworkManager-0.8.0-3.git20100323.fc12, ModemManager-0.3-4.git20100323.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update NetworkManager ModemManager'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.8.0-3.git20100323.fc12,ModemManager-0.3-4.git20100323.fc12
ModemManager-0.3-4.git20100323.fc12, NetworkManager-0.8.0-4.git20100325.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update ModemManager NetworkManager'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.8.0-4.git20100325.fc12,ModemManager-0.3-4.git20100323.fc12
NetworkManager-0.8.0-3.git20100323.fc12.i686 fixes both problems in this ticket: the Create button works after selecting "Security: None", and it successfully creates an unsecured network that any device can connect to without any network key. This ticket can be marked "Resolved" now.
ModemManager-0.3-6.git20100331.fc12, NetworkManager-0.8.0-4.git20100325.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update ModemManager NetworkManager'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.8.0-4.git20100325.fc12,ModemManager-0.3-6.git20100331.fc12
NetworkManager-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.2.996-1.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.2.996-1.fc11
NetworkManager-0.7.2.996-1.fc11, NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.2.996-1.fc11, NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.2.996-1.fc11, NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.2.996-1.fc11, NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.2.996-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update NetworkManager NetworkManager-vpnc NetworkManager-openconnect NetworkManager-pptp NetworkManager-openvpn'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.2.996-1.fc11,NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.2.996-1.fc11
ModemManager-0.3-7.git20100405.fc12, NetworkManager-0.8.0-4.git20100325.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update ModemManager NetworkManager'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.8.0-4.git20100325.fc12,ModemManager-0.3-7.git20100405.fc12
NetworkManager-0.8.0-6.git20100408.fc13, ModemManager-0.3-8.git20100408.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
ModemManager-0.3-9.git20100409.fc12, NetworkManager-0.8.0-6.git20100408.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update ModemManager NetworkManager'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.8.0-6.git20100408.fc12,ModemManager-0.3-9.git20100409.fc12
ModemManager-0.3-9.git20100409.fc12, NetworkManager-0.8.0-6.git20100408.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.