http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=12211
amaguire <alan.maguire at sun.com> changed:
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--- Comment #4 from amaguire <alan.maguire at sun.com> 2009-10-23 15:30:08 UTC
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(In reply to comment #3)
> I agree with Calum, removing a network from favorites list should not, in my
> opinion disconnect the user from the network.
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The problem is that the known_wlan entry (upon which the favorites list is
based) contains much of the data needed to (re)establish a connection - if a
key is required, it contains the keyname/keyslot, if a WLAN is hidden, it
contains the security mode etc. So if we delete the known entry wan can stay
connected, but if we drop the connection we may not have the information needed
to reestablish it (the user can re-enter this though data of course). Assuming
a standard WLAN connection (an unhidden WLAN with a key previously entered via
the GUI), reconnection is doable, but for edge cases we've lost the info we
needed. If people are okay with that limitation that's fine but I just wanted
to note that re-connecting may be problematic in some cases after deleting the
known entry.
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