Bug#279998: installation-reports: [i386] [20041105] d-i ignores encryption keys of wireless network interfaces.

[ryutaroh@it.ss.titech.ac.jp]

Thank you for quick response.

From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
> > (1) The Debian Installer asked an encryption key for the wireless
> >     network interface and I answered with `s:...'. But the installer
> >     did not set the encryption key and DHCP configuration failed.
> >     Furthermore, the installer did not store the encryption key in
> >     /etc/network/interfaces. I had to insert `wireless-enc s:...' into
> >     /etc/network/interfaces manually.
> 
> This sounds like bug #262624. That's supposed to be fixed in netcfg
> 1.06, which is on that image.. I'll clone a bug off to netcfg since
> it seems the wep problems are not fixed yet.

I agree (partially).

But bug #262624 said that iwconfig reported 0000-0000-00 as
the encryption key after supplying one, while in my case iwconfig
reported no encryption key is in use after supplying one.

My symptom was slightly different in this respect.

> > (2) My wireless network interface was totally unusable with the 2.6
> >     kernel in the CDROM, while the 2.4 kernel in the CDROM worked.
> What wireless card are you using?

lspci says
Network controller: Intersil Corporation Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset (rev 01)

This is built in IBM Thinkpad A31p and supported by the orinoco_pci
driver. The orinoco_pci driver in the latest kernel (both 2.4 and 2.6)
is old and less stable than the latest version at
http://www.nongnu.org/orinoco/

The driver frequently hangs up with bulk data transfer.  I have to
check whether the orinoco driver is still working every minute by cron
and reload the driver if necessary.  Without this trick I cannot
upgrade packages with apt after initial installation.

Best regards,

Ryutaroh