Bug 491678 - With iwd, network connections applet says Security Type is "Insecure" when this is not the case
Summary: With iwd, network connections applet says Security Type is "Insecure" when th...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Networks widget (show other bugs)
Version: master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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: 498938 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2024-08-13 16:06 UTC by David Korth
Modified: 2025-03-21 17:49 UTC (History)
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Description David Korth 2024-08-13 16:06:55 UTC 
SUMMARY
While testing enabling WPA3 on my router, I noticed that KDE's Wi-Fi applet is claiming that the network is Insecure. It shows this for both WPA2 and WPA3.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Connect to a WPA2 or WPA3-secured network
2. Open the Wi-Fi list, then click the down arrow on the connected network.

OBSERVED RESULT
Security type: Insecure

EXPECTED RESULT
Security type: WPA2-Personal or WPA3-Personal

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kernel 6.10.2
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
NetworkManager version: 1.48.4

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Using iwd-2.19 instead of wpa_supplicant.
Comment 1 David Korth 2024-08-13 16:08:30 UTC 
Using iwd's `iwctl`, I can verify that it is in fact connected using WPA3-Personal:

[iwd]# station wlan0 show
                                 Station: wlan0                                
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Settable  Property              Value
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Scanning              no
            State                 connected
            Connected network     [redacted]
            IPv4 address          [redacted]
            IPv6 address        [redacted]
            ConnectedBss          [redacted]
            Frequency             5745
            Channel               149
            Security              WPA3-Personal
            RSSI                  -56 dBm
            AverageRSSI           99 dBm
            RxMode                802.11ax
            RxMCS                 3
            TxMode                802.11ax
            TxMCS                 9
            TxBitrate             229400 Kbit/s
            RxBitrate             288200 Kbit/s
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2024-08-13 16:43:48 UTC 
> Using iwd-2.19 instead of wpa_supplicant.
Could be relevant. Works as expected for me with wpa_supplicant.
Comment 3 Ben Cooksley 2024-12-23 18:25:53 UTC 
Bulk transfer as requested in T17796
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-01-21 21:44:27 UTC 
*** Bug 498938 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 David Redondo 2025-01-22 08:01:38 UTC 
I asked upstream about this https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/issues/1709