Bug 32648

Summary:	Network Center has trouble with open (no password) network connections.
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	w unruh <unruh>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	All Packagers <pkg-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	davidwhodgins, sturm-fr
Version:	8
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	network center, wpa_supplicant.	CVE:
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Description w unruh 2023-12-23 02:12:18 CET

Description of problem: Using Network Center to connect to networks. If the network has no password protection (airports, hotels,...-- whee their "protection" is opening a web page which asks you login with your room number. or with reading their rules. or suchlike) then network cetner and wpa_supplicant seems to have trouble connecting. If I retry 3-6 times it usually eventually connects, but rarely the first time. While not debilitating it is annoying.

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Comment 1 Lewis Smith 2023-12-23 20:41:14 CET

CC'ing a couple of people who might have something better to say than I can.

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins, sturm-fr

Comment 2 Dave Hodgins 2023-12-23 21:51:45 CET

I've never used such a wifi site, so don't know the underlying details of how
it transitions from an open wifi connection to a secure one.

I think it's based on https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5416
but am not sure.

Given that it eventually works, I suspect it's a timing issue in wpa_supplicant.
There is no assigned maintainer for wpa_supplicant, so assigning to all packagers

Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs
Summary: Netowrk Center has trouble with open (no password) network connections. => Network Center has trouble with open (no password) network connections.
Source RPM: netsork center, wpa_supplicant. => network center, wpa_supplicant.