On Aug 18, 2013, at 15:06, Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Any suggestions as to something I might try? (Lots of stuff >> shows up in syslog, which I could copy and post if it would >> help.) > > I never got SSIDs or passwords with spaces to work. Other special > characters (quotes, ...) may have the same problem. Try to make it as > simple as possible. > > My strategy is: > - Make sure the interface is up > - Pick your network (once), and wait for the password dialog > - Enter the password and wait for the configuration to finish (sometimes > it doesn't, so wait until you are bored) > - Reboot the computer > > Settings should be saved and the connexion will be established (and > working) after the reboot. It's not perfectly stable, but it works well > enough. > > -- > Adrien. > I've done that in the past but now I've started just using ifconfig. That also seems to work pretty okay. -- Veety