can you try iwconfig On Saturday, June 8, 2013 10:23:58 AM UTC+5:30, Manish Chakravarty wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I am using Xubuntu 13.04 with *kernel 3.8.0-19-generic*. > I've not customized my system ; this pretty much 'stock' Ubuntu (Xubuntu) > with all updates applied. > > My machine is a Lenovo IdeaPad S110 netbook [1] and has the following > graphics card ( as determined by running 'lspci') > > *02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE > 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01) > * > The problem that I am facing is the following: > > After booting and logging in, the Wi-Fi applet at the top shows the > spinning icon for a long time and then asks repeatedly for the Wi-Fi > password of a network which is *already saved* . It prompts me for the > password between 5-10 times. I haven to hit "cancel: in the dialog that > shows up, disable my Wi-Fi ( via the UI ) and then enable it. It then > connects. > > I like using Fluxbox as my WM ; but when I am not at home, I need to bring > up the (flaky) network connection UI to connect to a new wifi network that > I may encounter. ( Eg- an airport, coffee shop etc ) > > Is there a way for me to add a new wifi network using the command line ( > so that I don't need to use the network applet which is frankly driving me > nuts ) ? > > I'd love to just put the network connection info in a config file and > connect to a network. Is there a tool which will help me do it over the > command line? > > Thanks in advance! > > Manish Chakravarty > https://twitter.com/ManishChaks >
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