Trying the 8.04 live CD, it is still the case that the network does not work after configuring the WEP key using network-admin, even though many details of the user interface and program behavior have changed since I originally reported this as bug 67152. I am still using the same hardware.
These are the steps I followed to reproduce the problem: Boot the 8.04 live CD Click on the network icon in the top menu bar Select "Manual configuration" Select "Wireless connection" Click "Properties" Disable roaming mode Network name: gson (my network ESSID) Password type: WEP key (hexadecimal) Network password: (my WEP key) Configuration: Automatic configuration (DHCP) Click OK After these steps, /etc/network/interfaces does contain the correct ESSID and WEP key for ath0, but according to "ifconfig ath0" and "iwconfig ath0", the ath0 interface has not been configured with that ESSID and key. If I then manually run "/etc/init.d/networking restart", the interface gets configured correctly and starts working. Also, if after clicking on the networking icon I don't select "Manual configuration" but instead simply select my network from the list of detected networks and follow the dialogs from there, I end up with a working configuration without having to manually run "/etc/init.d/networking restart". -- [network-admin] WEP doesn't work when setting key using network-admin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67152 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
