Italian prefix vs. netmask translation inconsistencies in connection-editor causes confusion for users
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Network Manager Applet |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Intrepid |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Alexander Sack | ||
Jaunty |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Reproduce:
1. go to connection editor and create new wired connection
2. in IPv4Settings tab, select "Manual" and add one address line
3. use a netmask in the "Prefix" column (e.g. 255.255.255.0)
4. close connection wizard, open again
5. see that netmask is now in prefix format (e.g. 24)
Verify:
1. go to connection editor and create new wired connection
2. in IPv4Settings tab, select "Manual" and add one address line
3. check that middle column reads "Netmask" now
4. insert a netmask in the "Netmask" column (e.g. 255.255.255.0)
5. reopen connection wizard and check that its still in Netmask format
6. insert a prefix in the "Netmask" column (e.g. 24)
5. reopen connection wizard and check that it was converted to Netmask format.
When i try to set a static ip in Network Manager (Intrepid Ibex) is impossible to save the setting of the netmask.
I type 255.255.255.0 and press ok but, after that, when i go to verify the result i see that the netmask is chaged to "24". and of course it doesn't work.
I upload a video on youtube to explain better: http://
I upgraded to Intrepid today with the update manager and my wireless network settings were inherited from the previous Hardy installation;
Now, from the output of "ifconfig wlan0" I see the netmask is 255.255.255.0 (see the attached text file)
Still, in the Network Manager it shows it to be 24 !! (see the attached screenshot)