Yes network manager has improved, but I find now that I am asked for my encyption password each time I log on (or is it reboot?) whereas on 8.04 it joined up to the wireless on login.
Anyone know how to get back the old behaviour? On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Caleb Sawtell <gamingg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >
