http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=12941
--- Comment #4 from Renee Danson Sommerfeld <renee.danson at sun.com> 2009-12-02 00:56:23 UTC --- (In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > I had a report from an early access user today that he encountered problems > > connecting to a WEP-protected wlan; he was pretty sure he'd entered the > > wrong > > password, but couldn't find a way to change it via the GUI. > > I think he can just input the correct key on that dialog and click OK. If WEP > allows empty key? If not, I have the following solution. > > > > > This might be more RFE than bug, but I think it would be really useful if > > the > > "Edit Wireless Network" panel had some indication that a password is stored > > (if > > that's the case), and an option to change the stored value. > > I think we can show "*********" regardless of if the selected favor wlan has a > stored key. When the key entry get the focus, then we empty the entry. When it > loses the focus, if it's still empty, we show that asterisks. I suspect it would work to just enter a different key (and I should also mention that there were other complications in this particular user's situation). But, my general point was that it's not very obvious how to change the key in the current code. Looking at the "Edit Wireless Network" panel, it's not obvious if a password is set or not, because the box is always blank (until the user types in it, of course). Your alternative would be to always put something there, which I think would be equally confusing. In my quick glance at the gui spec, I didn't find an explicit description of what should happen in this window when a previously-existing known wlan is being viewed/edited, which is the situation here. And I think my suggestion would require an addition to the spec. But I think it would be really useful for the user to a) indicate whether or not a password exists for this wlan, and b) give the user a really obvious path to change an existing password. -- Configure bugmail: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug.
