[Cialug] laptop wifi

[L. V. Lammert]

On Mon, 6 Feb 2012, chris rheinherren wrote:

> i have a perplexing problem with my latop.
>
> i an running ubuntu 10.04 LTS. i can connect to my home network just fine.
> but i am unable to connect to any other wifi connection. even ones that are
> completely open, such as those public networks at coffee shops and the
> like. the computer will see the wifi connection but we asked to connect to
> it. it does not.
>
Had the same problem with a Broadcom chipset - the unit would connect all
day long to a secure AP, but it refused to connect to a unsecure AP
without REBOOTING!!

Get yourself an upgrade; 11.10 works fine in my case.

	Lee