internet connection

[bogstad-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Bill Bogstad)]

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 1:23 PM, j. daniel moylan
<moylan-HQzwBsY/FLGupFW5nWxcUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> bill bogstad wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>>> On 04/03/2010 08:11 AM, j. daniel moylan wrote:
>>>> i'm running ubuntu 9.10 on several pc's and often ssh into
>>>> one from another. =A0however, if one does a "switch user", the
>>>> internet connection goes down, dumping any user who had
>>>> ssh'd into that pc.
>
>>>> this didn't used to be the case, certainly not on ubuntu
>>>> 8.10 (not sure about 9.04). =A0then you could just turn on the
>>>> pc and the internet connection would be made whether or not
>>>> anyone was logged in.
>
>>> Ubuntu 9.10 uses network manager as the default. Network Manager runs as
>>> a GUI applet. I don't have Ubuntu installed any more, but if I recall,
>>> there is a setting that you can adjust for it to come up at boot time.
>
>> I think Jerry is right about the cause and there may be a
>> way to get Network Manager to always run.
>
> maybe so, but i've perused the man pages, looked everywhere
> in /etc/NetworkManager, and have not yet found a clue.
>
>> I prefer to just statically configure the network instead.
>> My solution is to configure static network connections in:
>
> my preference too. ?always did this before, but ...
>
>> /etc/network/interfaces

Well I can confirm that it still works for non-wireless Ubuntu 9.10
systems as that's how I have a couple of wired desktops set up at the
moment.  I'm also using static addresses rather then the DHCP that you
are using.  It's possible that either of these differences might be
why it doesn't work for you.

I also try going into the networkmanager applet for each user and
disabling wireless.

Also the section 3.6.2. Configuring Wireless Network Settings using
network-admin (Network Admin)
of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
sounds very relevant to your situation.

Good Luck,
Bill Bogstad