Can no longer connect to WEP protected hotspot

[deejam]

I have previously been able to connect to a WEP protected network (named Haiku), but it has stopped working.

It used to connect on startup using the wireless_networks config file. I can connect in Windows on the same computer, and on other computers/smartphones. I have changed the passphrase, renamed the wifi network etc, but with no luck.

There are more users that has described the same problem on the forums.

I'll attach the syslog.

[deejam]

Is this issue fixed with the wpa_supplicant? If so, this ticket should be closed.

I cannot verify it at the moment, because the affected laptop is at my mothers house...

[mmlr]

Replying to deejam:

Is this issue fixed with the wpa_supplicant? If so, this ticket should be closed.

Yes and no. For one the wpa_supplicant does support connecting to a WEP network, so yes. But on the other hand the request doesn't seem to go through to it right now, probably due to some wrong/incomplete net_server changes I did. So right now if you try to select a WEP network, nothing happens at all. Using ifconfig /dev/net/... join x you can actually get a wpa_supplicant dialog and then use the network name field to actually join your desired network. I still need to investigate that one.

[deejam]

mmlr: Are you willing to take ownership of this ticket?

[mmlr]

Replying to deejam:

mmlr: Are you willing to take ownership of this ticket?

Sure. I looked into it once already but the problem wasn't immediately obvious.

[diver]

Probably a dupe of #7840. It also contains a patch.

[diver]

Is this still an issue?

[luroh]

Possibly fixed, closing due to lack of feedback.