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. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
CC'ing a couple of people who might have something better to say than I can.
CC: (none) => davidwhodgins, sturm-fr
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-bugsSummary: 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.