Authentication required for wireless network every time I logon

[chesl73]

Hi,
Just installed Ubuntu 11.10 for the first time and all looking good except for one small annoying problem.
Everytime I logon or the laptop returns from suspend it seems to take a while to reconnect to the wireless network (any way of speeding this up?) and then I'm given a prompt saying 'Authentication required by wireless network' and there is a Password box which is already filled in with my wireless network password. All I have to do is click the 'Connect' button without typing anything in and then it connects. There isn't anything wrong with my wireless network as my work laptop with Windows7 connects fine.
I've gone into Edit Connections and clicked 'Available to all users' etc but it doesn't make any difference.

It seems like a fairly basic thing to have working, not sure why it isn't.

Any ideas how to stop it prompting me?

Thanks.

[73ckn797]

I assume you have also set it to connect automatically? That should be on the same window where you allow all users.

[chesl73]

Yes, the automatically connect is clicked.
It does automatically try to connect but it just prompts me every time for the password even though the password is actually saved in the dialog box. It's a bit odd.

[matsmohlin]

I just want to add that I see the same problem since I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10.
From my userid (with rooot authority) I need to enter the wireless password evyry time I login
Another userid at the same system (with no root authority) does not see this problem.
I am no linux expert but I have in this area not changed anything.
I regularly run Update Manager and this made me upgrade to 11.10 and 11.10 works OK apart from this
annoying feature.
Mats Mohlin Sweden

[Steve Hayes]

Same problem here with 11.10 on an HP dm1 (Ralink 5390 wireless if I remember right), Draytek router and WPA. After a cold start, it occasionally connects right away but usually throws up the Authentication required box (with the password already correctly set) once or twice. There's a long delay each time. Eventually it connects correctly.

However, if the machine is suspended (even during one of the long delays), the wireless always connects immediately on resumption.

Methinks it's a timing problem related to the delay before the keyring is unlocked after cold-start along with bugs in the driver where things aren't properly initialised before each connection retry. I do have "Available to all users" checked but don't have a second user on the machine to try out.

[Johnny English]

I'm having the same problem since upgrading to 11.10 from 10.04. Stupidly, I also replaced my wireless adapter at the same time (my old D-Link DW130 never worked) so I've introduced a second variable, but I'm sure it's an issue of the OS rather than the device as I didn't install any drivers.

I've done a bit of hunting around and found this:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/85781...p-key-is-saved

The answer is fairly unhelpful, especially to a not particularly technical person such as I, but can anyone tell me if it is at least on the right lines? If the issue is with Gnome Keyring, will disabling that service cause issues elsewhere? The authentication bug is annoying (I came down this morning to find about 30 of those pop ups requesting the key needed clearing), but it doesn't seem to be actually disabling the wireless service.

[csaveanu]

Maybe this thread indicates a solution:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1424085

If you don't want to follow the link - what it says is that there is an option, when editing a wireless profile connection, called "Available to all users" that you can activate. Activating this option might solve the annoying problem of having at each login a window asking to push the OK button.

[gatesdrovme2it]

I have tried the options discussed here but no luck. This problem just popped up for me- my Lenovo has been a dream with Ubuntu 11.10 until today. Is this a bug in the O/S? There are other threads about it but nothing solves the problem.

[gatesdrovme2it]

Anyone? Any ideas at all?

[raja.genupula]

Hi,
Just installed Ubuntu 11.10 for the first time and all looking good except for one small annoying problem.
Everytime I logon or the laptop returns from suspend it seems to take a while to reconnect to the wireless network (any way of speeding this up?) and then I'm given a prompt saying 'Authentication required by wireless network' and there is a Password box which is already filled in with my wireless network password. All I have to do is click the 'Connect' button without typing anything in and then it connects. There isn't anything wrong with my wireless network as my work laptop with Windows7 connects fine.
I've gone into Edit Connections and clicked 'Available to all users' etc but it doesn't make any difference.

It seems like a fairly basic thing to have working, not sure why it isn't.

Any ideas how to stop it prompting me?

Thanks.

Hi please give me the output of

iwconfig

.

Thank you .