http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6789
Summary: Can't connect to wifi with essid with space using WPA
Classification: Development
Product: nwam
Version: unspecified
Platform: i86pc/i386
OS/Version: OpenSolaris
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: GUI
AssignedTo: nwam-dev at opensolaris.org
ReportedBy: michal.pryc at sun.com
QAContact: nwam-dev at opensolaris.org
To reproduce:
Try to connect using WPA to wireless with essid that contains space
Trying to set \ before space and also putting essid inside the "" doesn't
help.
Work-around:
In the terminal:
$ pfexec dladm create-secobj -c wpa somekey
$ pfexec dladm connect-wifi -e eircom4245\ 4200 -k somekey
$ pfexec ifconfig iwk0 dhcp
More information about system:
$ cat /etc/release
OpenSolaris 2009.04 snv_105 X86
Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 22 December 2008
>From the dmesg:
Feb 20 19:01:01 leotoshlap sendmail[2645]: [ID 702911 mail.crit] My unqualified
host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
Feb 20 19:01:01 leotoshlap sendmail[2648]: [ID 702911 mail.crit] My unqualified
host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
Feb 20 19:01:42 leotoshlap mac: [ID 744254 kern.info] NOTICE: iwk0 link up
Feb 20 19:01:42 leotoshlap in.routed[450]: [ID 749644 daemon.notice] iwk0 has a
bad address 0.0.0.0
Feb 20 19:01:46 leotoshlap mac: [ID 486395 kern.info] NOTICE: iwk0 link down
Feb 20 19:01:46 leotoshlap mac: [ID 744254 kern.info] NOTICE: iwk0 link up
Feb 20 19:01:46 leotoshlap in.routed[450]: [ID 749644 daemon.notice] iwk0 has a
bad address 0.0.0.0
Feb 20 19:01:46 leotoshlap mac: [ID 486395 kern.info] NOTICE: iwk0 link down
Feb 20 19:01:50 leotoshlap nwamd[23]: [ID 459249 daemon.error]
connect_chosen_lan: connect to 'eircom4245 4200' failed on 'iwk0': operation
timed out
Feb 20 19:01:50 leotoshlap nwamd[23]: [ID 561701 daemon.warning] could not
connect to chosen WLAN eircom4245 4200 on iwk0
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