Why won't 10.10 connect?

[Paul Lemmons]

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Subject: Why won't 10.10 connect?
From: Jerry Lapham <rjlapham at gmail.com>
To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: 01/16/2011 10:41 PM

> I have a laptop with Kubuntu 10.04 on sda5.  I wanted to upgrade to Kubuntu
> 10.10 so I wouldn't have to configure everything from scratch, but I also
> wanted to keep 10.04 intact.  So I cloned 10.04 on sda6 and upgraded that.  It
> had worked fine on my desktop and it mostly works on the laptop except for wifi.
>
> When I attempt to connect to my router from 10.04 on sda5 I get:
>
><snip ... it works>
> When I attempt to connect to my router from 10.10 on sda6 I get:
>
> <snip ... it does not work>

I do not know if this is the case here but 10.10 does not work with 
802.11-N. If that is what you are trying to do, try connecting at 
802.11-G and see if you have better luck.