Package: network-manager Version: 0.7.1-2 Severity: normal I've used networks where one of the APs doesn't actually work - either association doesn't work or DHCP doesn't get an address. Other APs on the same ESSID work just fine. I worked around this by editing the connection to use a particular working AP MAC address, but this means I can't roam to other working APs.
I initially thought of suggesting that NetworkManager should let a network definition have a list of APs *not* to use. However, that means that a network requires manual fixing. For a better, more automatic solution, what if NetworkManager simply tried another AP with the same ESSID if one didn't work? Furthermore, NetworkManager could remember the MAC addresses of APs that didn't work before, and try them only as a last resort. - Josh Triplett -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages network-manager depends on: ii adduser 3.111 add and remove users and groups ii dbus 1.2.16-2 simple interprocess messaging syst ii dhcp3-client 3.1.3-1 DHCP client ii hal 0.5.13-3 Hardware Abstraction Layer ii ifupdown 0.6.9 high level tools to configure netw ii libc6 2.9-27 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.82-2 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libgcrypt11 1.4.4-4 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libglib2.0-0 2.22.2-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnutls26 2.8.4-1 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr ii libgpg-error0 1.6-1 library for common error values an ii libhal1 0.5.13-3 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii libnl1 1.1-5 library for dealing with netlink s ii libnm-glib0 0.7.1-2 network management framework (GLib ii libnm-util1 0.7.1-2 network management framework (shar ii libpolkit-dbus2 0.9-4 library for accessing PolicyKit vi ii libpolkit2 0.9-4 library for accessing PolicyKit ii libtasn1-3 2.3-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime) ii libudev0 146-5 libudev shared library ii libuuid1 2.16.1-4 Universally Unique ID library ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii wpasupplicant 0.6.9-3 client support for WPA and WPA2 (I ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime Versions of packages network-manager recommends: pn dnsmasq-base <none> (no description available) ii iptables 1.4.4-2 administration tools for packet fi ii network-manager-gnome 0.7.1-1 network management framework (GNOM ii policykit 0.9-4 framework for managing administrat pn ppp <none> (no description available) Versions of packages network-manager suggests: pn avahi-autoipd <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
