intel 3945 wireless / dell d430

[Sean Sieger]

I have trouble with maintaining a stable wireless connection with my
Dell Latitude D430 and Ubuntu 8.04.  When I wake my laptop by opening
the lid, I cannot always count on a connection.  Sometimes closing the
lid again, letting the machine go to sleep and then waking it again
works---sometimes not.  Every once in a while I have to restart to
establish a connection.

I used to have some luck using ifupdown.

Do you have any advice for when I install version 8.10?

Thank you.