On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 11:17:11AM -0000, tigrou40 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I also had to comment everything out in order to get WPA connection to
> work.
>
> My problem is that I am using a Virtualbox machine (Ubuntu as a Host -
> Windows as a Guest) and I want to use the host interface networking.
> It implies to create a bridge in "/etc/network/interfaces" and a virtual
> interface.
>
> Since I have to disable everything to get my WiFi working, it is very
> annoying because I have to modify my "/etc/network/interfaces" and
> reboot each time I need to start my Virtual Machine !
>
> My card is a ipw2200 on a 7.04 Feisty using Network-Manager.
>
> The added lines in "/etc/network/interfaces" :
>
> auto tap0
> iface tap0 inet manual
> up ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0 up
> down ifconfig $IFACE down
> tunctl_user vboxuser
>
> auto br0
> iface br0 inet dhcp
> bridge_ports all tap0
this is not a bug ... interfaces that have configuration options are
not managed by network-manager for obvious reasons.
- Alexander
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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Unless all entries but lo related ones are commented out from
/etc/network/interfaces network manager does not show a wifi icon and therefore
does not allow you to connect to wpa encryted networks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129160
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