I found this comment on The Register. Somebody else is describing problems with two wireless cards on a laptop:
"The main problems i have had are with the network. I have 2 wireless cards in my laptop, an internal one (b), and a decent pcmcia one (g). Unfortunately, I'm not sure if this is the network manager, but it doesn't seem to be able to seperate them. If i disable the internal card (bios, or hardware button), it disable the entire wireless interface and neither work, and the wireless will not work reliably with both running. so i'm stuck using b. (and it took me a week to figure this out and turn it on, as i have the internal card disabled by default!)" http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/ubuntu_8_dot_one_review/comments/ I've found that as long as I cancel the authentication dialogue when NM tries to connect via the internal card, everything is OK and NM continues to use the external card. I would still like to be able to tell NM not to use the internal card. It would also be good to have the authentication dialogue explain which card is trying to connect, because at the moment I have no idea if it's the internal or external card. If I do click on 'Connect', NM will try to connect for a minute of so, then report a connection when none exists, as described above. Trying to connect back to the external card produces an identical authentication dialogue to that for the internal card, so it's impossible to tell what is asking for authentication. I've also noticed that the buttons in NM seem to be behaving in a random fashion. Whatever button I hover over with the mouse is filled in. Hovering over NM manager can result in the external card button checked, the internal card button checked, both checked or neither checked- apparently without any result in the way connections are handled. I hope these further observation are useful. -- Internal and USB wireless conflict on laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292531 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
