On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 22:10 +0900, Misha Shnurapet wrote: > 19.05.2011, 21:12, "n2xssvv.g02gfr12930" <n2xssvv.g02gfr12...@ntlworld.com>: > > On 19/05/11 09:55, Misha Shnurapet wrote: > > > >> Hi. > >> > >> I asked this question in NetworkManager mailing list, but everyone there > >> seems to be busy, so I decided to ask here. > >> > >> I run torrents on my notebook. On an electricity outage NetworkManager > >> starts asking for a new password, so when I'm not around and the light > >> goes back on (powering up the WLAN router), it just stands stalled with > >> the dialog open. > >> > >> Is there a way to tell NM not to ask for a new password ever? Because I > >> use a 63-symbol passphrase once set up on all the (two) machines so to > >> forget about it. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.4-1.fc14.x86_64 > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Misha Shnurapet, Fedora Project Contributor > >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Shnurapet > >> shnurapet AT fedoraproject.org, GPG: 00217306 > > > > As far as i can tell there is no easy, if any, solution that would not > > breach the security of your 63-symbol pass phrase. In my experience > > using knetworkmanager a password is required for each secure Wireless > > connection and for security these are stored in a secure encrypted > > area, (kwallet in my case), which needs just a single password for > > access. Hence a password is always required for wireless access to > > reconnect after a power out. > > This is not required for wired connections, so unless you can use some > > wired connection that restarts on power up to do the torrent downloads, > > you have little choice, without breaching the security provided by your > > pass phrase, but to accept the problem. > > From what I can gather you use long random pass phrases for any > > external available access which I heartily recommend. Nearly all > > security breaches are made because it's easy to guess pass phrases that > > relate to the person who created it. > > > > Regards > > > > cpp4ever > > Many thanks for your answer. However, the nm-applet in GNOME does *not* > require you to enter passphrase *each* time you establish the connection > you've *once configured*. And this behavior is absolutely correct. Also, > makes it feel like with a wired connection. > > What is not absolutely correct is that, when it can't get response from the > router, it starts thinking the passphrase has changed (which is wrong because > the router is simply off). As soon as power is back on, the AP is back online > with the same settings and the same passphrase (how mean of a manufacturer > would it be not to implement this). But the client device stands idle > waiting for a passphrase. > > I tested a couple of possible scenarios lately. NetworkManager reconnects > nicely on outages that last no more than ~1 minute. Beyond that, it starts > asking the question.
We've wanted to make this behavior better for a long time, and it's still something on the todo list. So it'll happen. Dan -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
