My choice for DHCP client is set to automatic, , and the radio buttons 
don't give me any option other than dhclient, so maybe I need to apt-get 
dhcpcd.

I'll run some tests over the next week, as I'll be meandering through 
various airports and wireless networks.

Rich Shepard wrote, On 08/05/2011 09:13 AM:
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2011, Daniel Herrington wrote:
>
>> I'll let you know this week. I've got another flight on Sunday, so we'll
>> see if I have to do a "try, try again" scenario.
>     Well, I have a flight in a week, but it's in a small plane; no wireless
> available. :-)
>
>> I did look at dmesg when it wasn't connecting, but other than indicating
>> that it was waiting on dhcp, there wasn't anything helpful. I almost
>> wonder if it's a problem with dhcp.
>     I read somewhere that dhcp and/or dhcpcd might be at fault.
>
>> If it happens again I'll try iwconfig to see if that works. From what i
>> understand, wicd is juts a frontend to the binaries.
>     That's my understanding, too, so the problem is probably in the underlying
> tools. Which still begs the question why it works in most places but not
> all.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
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