Same problem here on my laptop with Kubuntu Dapper, using a Broadcom BCM 4318 card with ndiswrapper. However, it works with the nativer bcm43xx kernel driver, only for the first connection (i.e. when knetworkmanager or nm-applet start) but if I close the connection and try to establish a new one with the same unencrypted access point, it fails.
Also, it is working perfectly on my second laptop, with Atheros card using the madwifi driver. -- Cannot associate with unencrypted networks using bcm43xx https://launchpad.net/bugs/42504 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs