I am having the same exact problem. Attached is a screenshot of the info reported by the nm-applet. I am using a Dell Wireless 1450 Mini PCI card with a Broadcom BCM4309 chipset. Here is the info reported by iwconfig:
$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Lauren's Wireless" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:17:3F:E4:F7:DF Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B Link Quality=63/100 Signal level=-68 dBm Noise level=-68 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 My system info: Ubunty 8.04 (Hardy) Dell latitude x200 BIOS version A09 933 Mhz Pentium IIIM Intel 830MG shared graphics 256 MB RAM @ 133 Mhz FSB No wireless card No devices connected $ uname -a Linux jon-laptop 2.6.24-17-generic #1 SMP Thu May 1 14:31:33 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Peace, Jon ** Attachment added: "Screenshot.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14876309/Screenshot.png -- wrong speed in network manager applet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201424 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