#7480 BLOC 8.2.0 (: Need to 'reset' the network configurations - short term fix

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#7480: Need to 'reset' the network configurations - short term fix
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   Reporter:  kimquirk  |       Owner:  cscott              
       Type:  defect    |      Status:  new                 
   Priority:  blocker   |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  sugar     |     Version:  Update.1            
 Resolution:            |    Keywords:  blocks:8.2.0 r?     
Next_action:  review    |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:            |    Blocking:                      
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Changes (by dsd):

 * cc: dsd (added)
  * keywords:  blocks:8.2.0 r- => blocks:8.2.0 r?
  * next_action:  code => review


Comment:

 I got the impression from talking to Scott that he is OK with an extra
 button in the control panel to take care of this. I also feel that
 modifying the nmclient/nminfo code is risky in this stage of 8.2
 development. And the proposal of considering both ESSID and BSSID raises
 difficult questions such as:
  * What if we have a key for ESSID A BSSID B, and we connect to a network
 with ESSID A BSSID C? Do we try to reuse the key? Should we? Security
 risks here..particularly if one uses shared key auth
  * What if we have a key for ESSID A BSSID B, and we have a different key
 for ESSID A BSSID C, and both of them are in range. Do we display both on
 the network view? How does the user differentiate between them?

 I've attached a patch which adds a button to the control panel to clear
 the nminfo cache and write an updated config file.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7480#comment:29>
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