Bug 11391

Summary:	Gnome network manager cannot connect to my hidden wireless network
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Stefan Horn <stefan>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Olivier Blin <mageia>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	davidwhodgins
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	networkmanager	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Stefan Horn 2013-10-06 20:59:24 CEST

Description: The Gnome network manager was not able to connect to my hidden wireless network. 

Steps to Reproduce: Set up network in network manager and try to connect the notebook with the network

Actual Results: Set up was possible, connecting not

Expected Results: Set up and connecting are possible

Build Date & Hardware: Mageia 4 alpha 3 Live-CD (Gnome, 32 bit)

Additional Builds and Platforms: Bug doesn't occur on Mageia 3 (Gnome, 64 bit) with Acer notebook P253-M.

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2013-10-07 12:57:20 CEST

anything interesting if you run journalctl -f and try to connect ?

Source RPM: (none) => networkmanager

Comment 2 Stefan Horn 2013-10-07 23:20:25 CEST

journalctl -f shows nothing because I cannot connect to my wireless network. 
I used the Mageia Control Center to create the network interface. This is message at the end:

Problems occurred during the network connectivity test.
This can be caused by invalid network configuration, or problems with your modem or router.
You might want to relaunch the configuration to verify the connection settings.


All wireless networks of my neighbours were not shown, too. The wify-switch in the upper right corner is always off. 


Regards,
Stefan

Comment 3 Stefan Horn 2013-10-11 22:40:21 CEST

Hallo Manuel,
What's next?
Can I help you?
Regards,
Stefan

Comment 4 Manuel Hiebel 2013-10-11 22:55:58 CEST

>All wireless networks of my neighbours were not shown, too. The wify-switch in the upper right corner is always off. 

does iwlist scan, show ssid ?
what is the output of grep NM /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$ETH ? (with $ETH your device)

Comment 5 Dave Hodgins 2013-10-12 01:48:58 CEST

Also note that disabling the broadcasting of the ssid does not
hide the ssid, unless nothing is connected to it.

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3576541

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins

Comment 6 Stefan Horn 2013-10-22 22:08:08 CEST

Hallo,

sorry for delay.

I have also tested Mageia 4 alpha 3 KDE-version. I was able to setup a new wireless interface using the Mageia control center. That worked well without any problems. My wi-fy was found.

After that I have done the same procedure with the Gnome-version again. At the end of the setup-process I got the following message: Problems occured during the network connectivity test. This can caused by invalid network configuration or problems with your modem or router... 
So my wi-fy was not found. 
I tried to setup a wired connection with the Gnome-version. The result was the same, the wired connection couldn't be used, too.

But there are no problems because Mageia 3 and Mageia 4 KDE are working well. 

iwlist scan: Using Mageia 3 I can see my wi-fy (and those of the neighbours); working with Mageia 4 Gnome my wi-fy isn't shown (maybe because of problems during the setup-process).

Regards,
Stefan

Manuel Hiebel 2013-11-08 19:38:20 CET

Assignee: bugsquad => mageia

Comment 7 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-17 01:11:28 CEST

Is this problem still happening in a fully updated Mageia 4? Is it solved in Mageia 5?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 8 Stefan Horn 2015-05-17 08:48:43 CEST

I dont' know, I have changed to Degian.
Regards, Stefan

Comment 9 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-17 16:47:37 CEST

Closing as OLD then, reopen if needed.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD