Even it is annoying to be asked for a password when not editing the network settings. Just ignoring the failure and searching for another network is the best thing to do when an access point cannot be connected to.
Probably we could have some settings where we could choose to do the following things - Pin the client to a specific host (MAC address where authentication was done with and not allowing to connect to different hardware, probably a good idea for most home networks, but will most likely not work with networks like FreeWifi) - Prefer the authenticated host when available, but do not pin the client to it. - Connect to any host with matching SSID with no preference. This setting is necessary for each authenticated SSID, so that we can configure our home network different from the FreeWifi used everywhere else. Pinning the client to an access point could improve security a bit as it prevents connecting to another (malicious?) access point with the same SSID without user's knowledge. A malicious access point could be used for man-in-the-middle attacks. But it is not impossible to clone an access point with the same MAC, but those cloned access points would then probably interfere with each other if they are near to each other. That would make a man-in-the-middle attack a bit harder. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/615239 Title: Every Wi-Fi disconnection is treated as an authentication error Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in NetworkManager: Confirmed Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: network-manager I'm using lucid, with the 0.8-0ubuntu3, in a laptop, and is incredible that the nm-applet couldn't diagnostic why the wireless connection was lost and only trow the password prompt when I've lost the signal. nm-applet should see the kern.log or dmesg to react at signal lost. For example, when the kernel try 3 times probe the AP and don't get response nm-applet say The pc are far away from the access point and can not be connected. Please, move close to the access point or try another more near. And by the way, when the authentication fails, or the association. --- Architecture: i386 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el archivo o directorio CheckboxSubmission: ee8ebec101005ce57a9c3355b36ca8a7 CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) IpRoute: 172.16.254.0/24 dev wlan1 proto kernel scope link src 172.16.254.5 metric 2 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan1 scope link metric 1000 default via 172.16.254.200 dev wlan1 proto static Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el archivo o directorio Package: network-manager 0.8-0ubuntu3 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=es_DO.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Tags: lucid Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686 UserGroups: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/615239/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
