This bug was fixed in the package network-manager - 0.6.6~rc2-0ubuntu1
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network-manager (0.6.6~rc2-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
* new upstream release 0.6.6 RC (LP: #197538); fixes various bugs:
- LP: #40232, #41134, #75554, #82113, #107598, #118439, #132473
* drop patches
The way it *should* work:
* Upon logging into Ubuntu, it finds all the local wireless networks, but does
not immediately connect to them.
* If no visible networks are on your whitelist, it pops up a notification
balloon asking you to select your preferred network, and when you click on it,
it
** This bug is no longer flagged as a security issue
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Connects to any available network without asking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118439
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Thank you for your report and helping to make Ubuntu better. In the
latest 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon release you can disable roaming mode and
manually configure your wireless connection to a specific network. This
should resolve your first item you listed. Also, as far as I know, if
you have connected
In the latest 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon release you can disable roaming mode
and manually configure your wireless connection to a specific network.
I will try that again, but last time I checked it only supports WEP.
And I'd still like to use roaming mode and the notification area
network manager, but
And automatically connecting to an unsecured, unknown network is a
security risk, no? Everything you do online is passing through an
unknown wireless router and can be intercepted.
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Connects to any available network without asking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118439
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