wifi does not connect on boot
I have UbuntuStudio 8.10 installed on a Dell Inspiron 9400 with Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Wifi. I am trying to connect to my own AP which is protected by WPA2 personal (PSK). The install is straight out of the box except:
- Latest regular updates applied
- installed linux-backports
- enabled Wifi on and entered my WPA2 passphrase and BSSID into the system-
when the system boots:
- the wifi light does not come on and refuses to come on even when the hotkey is pressed.
- the ip address is an avahi 169 address
if I issue:
sudo ifdown wlan0
sudo ifup wlan0
The wifi light comes on and wlan0 connects correctly to my AP.
Why does the system not connect correctly straight away please? Should I report this as a bug?
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