Bug 493238 - Incorrect names for Wi-Fi Security settings
Summary: Incorrect names for Wi-Fi Security settings
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_networkmanagement (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2024-09-17 01:49 UTC by lynne
Modified: 2024-12-23 18:27 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description lynne 2024-09-17 01:49:18 UTC
SUMMARY
The Wi-Fi Security settings tab in the "Wi-Fi & Networking" section of System Settings incorrectly labels some of its settings.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a NetworkManager connection with `wifi-sec.key-mgmt` set to `wpa-psk`, which is described by `nmcli` as "WPA2 + WPA3 personal"
2. Open that connection in KDE Settings
3. Change to the Wi-Fi Security tab

OBSERVED RESULT
Security is described as "WPA/WPA2 Personal"

EXPECTED RESULT
Security as described as e.g. "WPA2 + WPA3 Personal" or "WPA2/WPA3 Personal"

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This also applies to "wpa-eap", which is labelled by `nmcli` as "WPA2 + WPA3 enterprise", but labelled by KDE as "WPA/WPA2 Enterprise". I spent some time trying to diagnose why my WPA2/WPA3 home network was recognised as a WPA/WPA2 network before realising that `nmcli` had correctly identified it as a WPA2/WPA3 network all along.

NetworkManager's docs contain a list of descriptive names for each security mode: https://networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/settings-802-11-wireless-security.html

The code labelling the network as "WPA/WPA2 Personal" in plasma-nm is here: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/blob/758d49eb524fd48151b83ae4735cc043e94fd0bc/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui#L53
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-09-17 19:48:00 UTC
Thanks for reporting this. Would you like to submit a patch to fix it?

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/merge_requests/
Comment 2 lynne 2024-09-19 02:11:24 UTC
I've opened a merge request here: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/merge_requests/372