Yes, what you suggested will actually cause my manual setup to connect me to my network.
I seem to have discovered something else which will cause this to work. I have repeated the steps 5 or 6 times, and it is a repeatable situation. The exact steps are important: Enter network manager, click Unlock, enter password and hit enter, click to select wireless connection, click properties, uncheck enable roaming, fill in the fields, click Close button. At this point I am returned to the previous screen, as my processor usage jumps to 100. Here is the important step. If, as soon as I am able, I click close to exit the network-manager, my connection to the network will not work. However, I've noticed that if instead of clicking Close, I click back into the box to re-select my wireless connection for example, and then click the Close button, the connection WILL work.
Yes, what you suggested will actually cause my manual setup to connect me to my network.
I seem to have discovered something else which will cause this to work. I have repeated the steps 5 or 6 times, and it is a repeatable situation. The exact steps are important: Enter network manager, click Unlock, enter password and hit enter, click to select wireless connection, click properties, uncheck enable roaming, fill in the fields, click Close button. At this point I am returned to the previous screen, as my processor usage jumps to 100. Here is the important step. If, as soon as I am able, I click close to exit the network-manager, my connection to the network will not work. However, I've noticed that if instead of clicking Close, I click back into the box to re-select my wireless connection for example, and then click the Close button, the connection WILL work.