[Bugs] #4393 sugar UNSP: WEP connections created in Sugar always use open authentication

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#4393: WEP connections created in Sugar always use open authentication
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    Reporter:  greenfeld                  |          Owner:  erikos                     
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  0.98.x                     
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  OLPC                       |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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 1. Configure an AP to support a WEP hexadecimal key, 128-bit, in 802.11
 b/g (no "n") mode with WEP forced to "closed" or "shared" authentication.
  2. Attempt to connect to this AP from Sugar, giving the same hexadecimal
 key and choosing "shared" authentication.
  3. The connection attempt will fail.  Depending on the wireless card
 model you may see entries in /var/log/messages stating that the
 association handshake failed.
  4. Switch to GNOME and view the Wifi connection settings in nm-
 connection-editor.  The connection will have been created with open
 authentication.
  5. Change the connection to "shared" WEP authentication in GNOME and save
 the settings.  Attempt to connect to the AP in GNOME and now the
 connection will work.

 GNOME's password entry dialog for a WEP AP never asks for the key entry
 mode or WEP type, so perhaps some configuration logic has been removed or
 is presumed behind-the-scenes.

 Seen in OLPC 13.1.0 os24/os26 on more than one XO model/wireless card.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/4393>
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