Hey Liam, Ive seen some odd behaviour with Ubuntu on a Toshiba laptop, not sure what hardware, but I set the wireless connection to use a static IP and the owner says that they havent had hardly any connection drops. I think some drivers have a problem with DHCP sync with some routers. Im sorry its not very specific, but my point is, sometimes its worth trying static IP to rule out DHCP issues. -Mark <div class="gmail_quote">On 16 January 2011 00:41, Liam Wilson <<a href="mailto:liamwilson93@gmail.com">liamwilson93@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Well I managed ti fix it by turning the router off then on again, that worked somehow, but yeah, they are all runing 10.10. Thanks for the reply though, DaveG! :) On 13 January 2011 23:53, <<a href="mailto:daveg@boavon.plus.com">daveg@boavon.plus.com</a>> wrote: >> Hi all; >> >> I have a Desktop PC here running Ubuntu 10.10, and I'm trying to >> connect to my Wireless internet connection through a Nintendo Wifi USB >> connector (A re-branded Buffalo/Ralink rt2500 chipset). I know you can >> connect to wireless networks with it, because I've given it to other >> people to use as one, and they've done it just fine. >> >> When I plug it into my desktop and turn it on, I click on the network >> icon in the panel, and I can see all of the available wireless >> networks, so I click on mine and i get the whole enter the password >> stuff. Then, when it attempts to connect to the network, the icon gets >> to the '2nd stage' (Where instead of going up and down, it goes just >> up), and then disconnects. >> >> Any idea what this could be so I can at least try to fix it? I've >> searched on google and such, and there doesn't seem to be this >> problem... >> >> P.s: I've also tried the connector in other Ubuntu-powered PC's, and >> get the same result... >> >> Thanks! >> -- >> Liam Wilson > > You dont say whether every instance of your trying is using the same > update of Ubuntu - 10.10 but I'm guessing it may be. > It may be worth a shot disabling the current network manager and trying > wicd insead. I have just found it more accepting to various networks, > connectors and routers. You dont have a lot to lose by trying. > > DaveG > > > -- > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> > <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> > -- Liam Wilson -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div>