Ubuntu
gnome-system-tools package

  1. Bug #80499
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 80499

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Nestor Urquiza (nestoru) wrote : Re: Changing ESSID requires reboot or, or manual iwconfig for changes to take effect

Hi guys,

Just in case it helps ... I was having the same problem and the best way I found to get over this situation was just to remove:
#wireless-essid mySSID
#wireless-key myWirelessKey

then reboot. After that the icon showing signal strength appeared in the quick launch bar. Clicking on it shows all available SSIDs. When I selected my one it prompted for the paraphrase I used when I set up my WEP KEY. After inserting it I was connected to my wireless network.

I am running:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 6.10
Release: 6.10
Codename: edgy

Thanks,

-Nestor