I found a way to solve this issue as I was have the same one. It might work for you too.
http://ph.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?s=500f5bb2c17426b898f37803b75c9c24&t=731361&page=2 The key point is the sleep command. After making the changes in post #12 I was good to go. This is more of a work around than a fix, but it makes me happy :) Here is a copy of the important parts of that thread for redundancy purposes: Here is a copy of the /etc/network/interfaces file I was trying: Code: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto ath0 sleep 20 iface ath0 inet dhcp wpa-psk 8501.....dcf wpa-driver wext wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK wpa-proto WPA2 wpa-ssid myid -- WPA Key needs to be re-entered every reboot. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs