Connecting to wireless in Kubuntu

[Derek Broughton]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

> On 17/05/07, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I have managed to get Knetworkmanager to work with wireless.
>> >> Apparently it can be made to work with wired networks too but I have
>> >> not bothered. Am using KNemo to see traffic on active networks.
>> >>
>> > Apparently?  It "Just Works" (TM).
>> Not on any PC I have installed up to now. Knetworkmanager ignores the
>> wired interface until you comment it out in some config file I cant
>> remember at the moment
> 
> For me it connects just fine to the ethernet. It deos, however,
> default to the wireless, even when returning from suspend when it was
> previously on ethernet, which is a bit annoying. I simply select the
> wired network and continue on my way.

That's odd.  network-manager is supposed to choose wired over wireless - but
I admit I saw the same behaviour today (even more odd, since the wireless
nic hasn't actually worked for months...).
-- 
derek