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internet connection



On 04/08/2010 10:46 PM, j. daniel moylan wrote:
>
> but how could that be?  if i go back to NetworkManager, it
> makes the connection quite handily, so the driver's got to
> be there ... right?  it really does work under NetworkManager,
> just not the way i want -- and i really would like to get
> the command-line procedure to work, using the interfaces
> file.
>
>  =20
Unfortunately I don't have Ubuntu running any longer. My laptop has a
Broadcom chip, and with Ubuntu 9.10, my connections were solid. Since my
work net has a  hidden ESSID, I sometimes need to use 'sudo iwconfig
wlan0 essid algonet'. On fedora, under System/Network I can set
"Controlled by Network Manager" and "Activate device when computer
starts". I seem to remember that you could do something similar with
Ubuntu. IN any case, I'll try to bring up Ubuntu 9.10 (32-bit) under
VirtualBox this morning.


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