Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: network-manager
There should be an option in the gui to tell network manager to look for
wireless networks.
Currently I obtain the same result with:
sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart
I find that in some situations where my Access Point isn't initially
detected (because of low signal strength/interference), network manager
will take a very long time to detect it on it's own (if at all), whereas
1 or at most 2 attempts of the above command will quickly solve the
issue. This is a situation where multiple runs of
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
give different results, with my AP sometimes on it sometimes not. But once it
is connected, it works reliably.
Also I could see it being useful when moving around etc. It is a standard
feature on similar windows/mac utilities. This would also provide a workaround
for the suspend bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/264683
Restarting nm from command line is fine for me but not for less CLI-
aware users.
For the record, I am running an up-to-date, 32 bit Ubuntu 8.10, and my
wireless card has a broadcomm chipset that works very well with
ndiswrapper.
** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Feature request: search for wireless connections
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319764
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