Bug 88810 - KEY set incorrectly for wireless cards using multiple encryption keys
Summary: KEY set incorrectly for wireless cards using multiple encryption keys
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 88566
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: redhat-config-network
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Harald Hoyer
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-04-14 14:48 UTC by Keith Winston
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-02-21 18:52:40 UTC
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Description Keith Winston 2003-04-14 14:48:25 UTC
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Description of problem:
When adding a wireless card configuration, I used redhat-config-network /
wireless device configuration / wireless settings tab, and defined the settings
for my wireless network, including the encryption key (which is hex).  The
redhat-config-network writes the configuration to
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth1 and saves the KEY value as either a
string or hex value.

The Orinoco Silver wireless card supports 4 key values and you normally specify
which key to use by following the key value with the key number in brackets. 
For example, to specify key 2, use FFFF-FFFF-FF [2].  This syntax worked
correctly in Red Hat 8.  In Red Hat 9, the key above gets converted to a string
value and doesn't work (it gets stored as KEY='s:FFFF-FFFF-FF [2]').  The
brackets seems to be throwing it off.  If I enter it without the space, it still
stores it as a string.  If I enter 0xFFFF-FFFF-FF [2], it still converts it to a
string of KEY='s:0xFFFF-FFFF-FF [2]'.

The only way I can get it to work is to manually edit the ifcfg-eth1 file and
set the key to 'FFFF-FFFF-FF [2]'.  Then, it works normally.

The wireless tab in redhat-config-network should allow you enter a hex key and
specify which key to use without converting the key value to a string.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
redhat-config-network-tui-1.2.0-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start redhat-config-network
2. add a new wireless pcmcia card definition, lucent orinoco silver
3. set the encryption key to a hex value using key [2], for example,
FFFF-FFFF-FF [2]
4. the incorrect key value will be stored in the card configuration file (it
will be converted to a string).
    

Actual Results:  It created a string key instead of a hex encryption key value.

Expected Results:  It should have stored a hex encryption key value.

Additional info:

redhat-config-network worked correctly in Red Hat 8.

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2003-04-14 15:32:59 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 88566 ***

Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:52:40 UTC
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.


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