Comment 21 for bug 274405

YES, finally, you made my day!!!

I tried wicd in the past, but I didn't like it. Looks like it improved
quite a bit as it now works beautifully, and I'm reconnected within a
few seconds after resume.

Thanks!

Paul Bourke <email address hidden> wrote:

> I have a theory that depsite the above comments that it may be
> wpa-supplicant or the intel driver itself, it actually is just
> network-mananger.
> I have just tried switching to Wicd (wicd.sourceforge.net) and it
> seems much faster reconnecting on wake.
> Maybe some others would like to try this and post their results?
>
> --
> network manager slow to reconnect after suspend/resume
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274405
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>
> Status in “network-manager” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: network-manager-gnome
>
> On my Thinkpad T61 with Intel 3945abg (iwl3945 driver), Network
> Manager usually takes around 1 minute before trying to reconnect to
> my WiFi router. I noticed that if I run the following command:
>
> # iwlist eth1 scan
>
> Network Manager seems to "wake-up" right after the scan is complete
> and connects right away.
>
> Would there be a way to send a signal upon resume that would trigger
> the same "wake-up" call?
>
> *** I'm running Intrepid Ibex updated multiple time a day.
>

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