Personally I found that connecting to wireless was alot more reliable in ubuntu 8.10 :)
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Andrew Errington < a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > Could be deteriorating hardware. Try a USB wireless dongle and disable > the built-in wireless. See if the exact same issues persist with the new > hardware (everything else is the same). > > A > > On Fri, February 20, 2009 11:09, Roger Searle wrote: > > Hi, over the last month or so I have experienced increasing problems > > getting the wireless connection to connect. This is an ubuntu 8.04 with > > gnome, network manager 0.6.6. Only changes have been any updates via > > apt-get update/upgrade. Connections are to 2 separate wrt54gl routers > > (home, work), set up essentially the same. I know they function OK > > based on other laptops connecting without issue. > > > > Going back a month, connections would "just work" on logging on to the > > gnome desktop. Then I would occasionally experience a problem > connecting, > > and manually intervene via network manager. 2 weeks or so ago I began > to > > be prompted for the passphrase and could then successfully connect. Now > I > > am often unable to connect at all, or can connect after 2 or sometimes 3 > > or 4 times entering the passphrase. Sometimes I'm having to resort to an > > ethernet cable :-( > > > > Turning on and off the wireless switch on the laptop, or disabling then > > re-enabling wireless via network manager, or a reboot, or resetting the > > router, have all been tried in an attempt to resolve with any > consistency, > > but generally it's random if it is successful. Removing and recreating > > the passphrase entry in the "Passwords and Encryption Keys" tool (where > > the password is usually shown in what appears to be a hex format) hasn't > > helped. > > > > I'm at a loss to explain what I am describing, so seeking any > > suggestions on how to resolve this or where to look. > > > > Cheers, > > Roger > > > > > > > > > > >
