Hello everyone,
I am using Xubuntu 13.04 with
kernel 3.8.0-19-generic.
I've not customized my system ; this pretty much 'stock' Ubuntu (Xubuntu) with all updates applied.
My machine is a Lenovo IdeaPad S110 netbook [1] and has the following graphics card ( as determined by running 'lspci')
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
The problem that I am facing is the following:
After booting and logging in, the Wi-Fi applet at the top shows the spinning icon for a long time and then asks repeatedly for the Wi-Fi password of a network which is already saved . It prompts me for the password between 5-10 times. I haven to hit "cancel: in the dialog that shows up, disable my Wi-Fi ( via the UI ) and then enable it. It then connects.
I like using Fluxbox as my WM ; but when I am not at home, I need to bring up the (flaky) network connection UI to connect to a new wifi network that I may encounter. ( Eg- an airport, coffee shop etc )
Is there a way for me to add a new wifi network using the command line ( so that I don't need to use the network applet which is frankly driving me nuts ) ?
I'd love to just put the network connection info in a config file and connect to a network. Is there a tool which will help me do it over the command line?
Thanks in advance!