Public bug reported: With the release of fixes for bug #1844422, support for WPA3-SAE was added to respectively Network-Manager and Gnome-Shell for Eoan.
What is missing is WPA3-SAE support for the NM-Applet, this matters for those that do not use Gnome as their desktop environment. (Note: NM-Applet is part of the "network-manager-gnome" package, as is the nm-connection-editor). Currently, WPA3-SAE support for NM-Applet (which is at ver. 1.8.22-2ubuntu1) is non-existent. This leads to problems when using the applet for connecting to Wi-Fi networks that have WPA3-enabled, even if WPA2 is also available for said network. [Problem Description]: When trying to connect to my AP's WLAN (which is set to WPA2/WPA3 mixed mode) using NM-Applet, the authentication dialog will popup, but the password field is missing, so connecting to the WLAN, using the applet is impossible. (I've added a screenshot depicting the issue). NM-connection-editor for Eoan, as of now, lacks support for WPA3-SAE so when connected to the WLAN using WPA3 "Wifi-Security is set to "None" and NM-connection-editor does not offer the option to set security to WPA3. [Resolution]: Support for WPA3-SAE for NM-applet was finalized upstream last week. The following commit (merge-requests) depicts the changes made: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-applet/commit/1b59bb544f565ae4d8cdebe0645d41acbcb63b6f A more detailed view of the individual commits can be found here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-applet/commits/master?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=sae Please back-port WPA3-SAE support (which is available upstream) to network-manager-applet for Ubuntu 19.10. TL;DR So this is a request to back-port WPA3-SAE support to network-manager-applet for Ubuntu Eoan. ** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: fixed-upstream ** Attachment added: "Screenshot_depicting_issue" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848339/+attachment/5297483/+files/NM-Applet-fail.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848339 Title: Add WPA3-SAE (WPA3-Personal) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1848339/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
