Bug 710835 - Unable to connect to ad-hoc WiFi network
Summary: Unable to connect to ad-hoc WiFi network
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 15
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dan Williams
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-06-05 07:10 UTC by Jarmo
Modified: 2011-08-18 20:38 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-06-07 15:26:02 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
messages file from ad-hoc test. (3.06 KB, text/plain)
2011-06-06 12:59 UTC, Jarmo
no flags Details
Correct messages file. (6.11 KB, text/plain)
2011-06-06 13:49 UTC, Jarmo
no flags Details

Description Jarmo 2011-06-05 07:10:32 UTC
Description of problem:


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

$ rpm -qa|grep NetworkManager

NetworkManager-openvpn-0.8.999-1.fc15.x86_64
NetworkManager-glib-0.8.9997-1.git20110531.fc15.x86_64
NetworkManager-openconnect-0.8.999-1.fc15.x86_64
NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.9997-1.git20110531.fc15.x86_64
NetworkManager-vpnc-0.8.999-2.fc15.x86_64
NetworkManager-pptp-0.8.999-1.fc15.x86_64
NetworkManager-0.8.9997-1.git20110531.fc15.x86_64

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 15.
2. Create new ad-hoc wireless network on laptop.
3. Try connect to this wireless ad-hoc network. 
  
Actual results:

Can't create an ad-hoc network.
Network applet does not show this new network. 
If you try via 'other', it's trying and showing status "connecting", but fails with time-out/(reason 'ip-config-unavailable') error (or similar) later.

Expected results:

Should work as it is working fine in Fedora 14 in same laptop.

Additional info:

Related bug: 699203.

Comment 1 Jirka Klimes 2011-06-06 08:35:58 UTC
Do you see the Ad-Hoc network in output of
$ nm-tool

Could you attach /var/log/messages?

Comment 2 Jarmo 2011-06-06 12:59:57 UTC
Created attachment 503214 [details]
messages file from ad-hoc test.

Comment 3 Jarmo 2011-06-06 13:02:29 UTC
No, can't see Ad-hoc network in nm-tool output.
Ad-hoc network can be found from network settings - other.
Uploaded the messages file from ad-hoc test.

Comment 4 Jarmo 2011-06-06 13:49:05 UTC
Created attachment 503227 [details]
Correct messages file.

Comment 5 Jarmo 2011-06-06 13:50:15 UTC
Uploaded correct messages file - please ignore previous attachment 503214 [details].

Comment 6 Jirka Klimes 2011-06-07 13:07:07 UTC
The problem is you don't get IP address  from DHCP server. Do you have one configured?
Maybe you want to assign the connection '99' manual IP.

Comment 7 Jarmo 2011-06-07 13:28:08 UTC
I get the IP address from dhcp server normally for eth0 (wired) from ISP provider in F15. This is same for F14 where ad-hoc works and I don't need set any manual IP for ad-hoc. So don't understand why it does not work in F15, but works in F14.
Same laptop, same configuration (basic desktop installation) using automatic dhcp.

Comment 8 Jarmo 2011-06-07 15:26:02 UTC
Found the reason. IPv4 settings was wrongly set. Works now.
Thanks for comments and help!
Definitely not a bug.

Comment 9 zimon 2011-08-03 00:17:32 UTC
How your IPv4 settings were wrong and what to you changed them?

What is that "the connection '99' manual IP" Jirka is referring?

I have a problem of connecting to ad-hoc Wifi network also with Network Manager. I cannot seem to be able set static IP to it and default route through it in NM.
I remember doing this in F14 with NM.
The other end of the ad-hoc WLAN, N900, does not have DHCPD so static IP addresses should be used and configured in NM somehow.

Comment 10 Jarmo 2011-08-03 16:32:23 UTC
IPv4 was not shared for others.

Comment 11 Milan Kerslager 2011-08-18 20:38:08 UTC
Similar here. Not very self-explaining error message.

IPv6 has been set here as mandatory in a network without IPv6.


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