Comment 12 for bug 474629

On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 09:14:04PM -0000, Lawrence H. Bulk wrote:
>
> Both of the solutions I copied above worked. After I was "on" the
> computer for a while this morning (after using both of the solutions), I
> turned off my computer - and I ALSO turned off (disconnected the power
> supply to) my wireless router.
>
> When I came home after completing my errands, I plugged in and turned on
> the router and I turned on the computer.
>
> Everything works fine.
>
> I suspect that most people leave their DSL or cable routers activated
> all the time (we do not) and, perhaps, they will not see any problem;
> after all, when I first installed 'Karmic,' everything worked fine, even
> when I shut down the computer and restarted it. I did NOT, at that time,
> shut down the wireless router; we generally do that only at night (or if
> we are both going out).

So are you trying to say that you can reproduce (with workaround not applied)
by doing this:

 1. start router
 2. start computer + connect
   => works
 3. unplug router
 4. plug router + connect
   => broken

??

 - Alexander