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Bug#617694: general: rt2860sta reconnect fails wpa2 enterprise peap



On Wed, 2011-11-23 at 23:14 -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> reassign 617694 src:linux-2.6 2.6.32-30
> quit
> 
> Hey,
> 
> reydecopas wrote:
> 
> > When reconnect to a wpa2 enterprise peap wireless network the network-manager 
> > doesn't get connection.
> > The solution I have tested is: right click in network-manager, disable 
> > wireless, modprobe -r rt2860sta, load the module again, and enable wireless
> > in network-manager, then it works
> 
> Oh, sheesh, that definitely shouldn't be necessary.
> 
> So here's what we'll need in order to fix this:
> 
> Please try the newest kernel from squeeze, and attach output from
> "reportbug -p linux-image-$(uname -r)" so we can get to know your
> hardware better.
> 
> If it still exhibits the problem, please also try a 3.1.y kernel from
> sid.  The only packages from outside squeeze you should need in order
> to do this are the kernel image itself, initramfs-tools, and
> linux-base.
[...]

I'm afraid that's not going to help us to fix the bug in squeeze,
because the rt2800pci driver has replaced rt2860sta.

But it might solve the problem for reydecopas, if he/she is happy to run
kernel versions from testing/unstable.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.

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