Hi Bin Li,
thanks for the information in c#2 (about WEP 40/128-bit key) - I usually do not use WEP (because of weak security), therfore I didn't know about the restriction regarding the password length (will add that to the docs).
Regarding c#3: I'm perfectly fine with automatically generating a key for whatever encryption method is set. I agree that it is good practice (as long as the user can change the password if wanted, which is possible).
My question rather focused on the following: Does the system automatically detect which abilities my network card has? If yes, does it then select the *best* encryption method? And does it automatically generate a key for whatever encryption method is set?
For example, if the network card is able to support a higher encryption (WPA or WPA2), would this encryption automatically be used for the Hotspot (instead of WEP)? And would a key also automatically be generated for WPA or WPA2 in that case? No, it just use the WEP in gnome-shell, no automatically detect, you can set
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765333
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765333#c5
Li Bin