Public bug reported:
I installed Ubuntu 7.10 and ran update manager to get all the latest
updates.
I went to System->Administration->Network Tools->Wireless Interface
(wlan0) ->Configure
to type in my Network Password which is type WEP key (ascii)
I also set "Configuration" to "Automatic configuration (DHCP)"
I could not get DHCP to work at all with my wireless access point until
I ran the command:
sudo invoke-rc.d networking restart
and noticed a curious warning in the resulting text. For example, if I
set the key to "aaa;bbb" I get the following:
eval: 1: bbb: not found
among all the other status messages.
I've tried other strings as well and the text after the semicolon always
appears there. When I use a WEP key without a semicolon DHCP and my
wireless connection work just fine.
I've used a WEP key with a semicolon on several MS Windows machines and
none of them had a problem with it. I would expect Ubuntu to handle it
as well or at least warn me that they are not allowed.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Semicolon in WEP network password
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198427
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