Hum. Interesting. Since going to 2.6.20-13 & companion upgrades I was also experiencing this problem, in fact even worse: I could not connect even via wired after failing the wireless (and had to reboot my access point twice during my tries).
So I went to reboot to collect brand new data and... for the very first time in Feisty (since alpha) I got a wireless connection even before the login was completed! Weird... I will check packages updated today for a potential hit, but I am certain HAL was updated. -- No wireless internet connection in Kernel 2.6.20.13 https://launchpad.net/bugs/98947 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs