I am having the same problem, though haven't yet tried making a static connection in KDE System Settings. I made a report that turned out to be a duplicate. Though mine is with the Ralink RT2500 driver.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/110259 -- Feisty Beta knetworkmanager hangs on activation stage when connecting to WAP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96097 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a bug contact for knetworkmanager in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
