Today they fix that. Which sucks because you need to get on line to fix it. Not
great.

I'm glad at least that they've fixed the issue.

As long as I only have to re-type the WEP key
just this time, I can live that.

I basically had the same problem when I
installed 8.04(instead of using Wubi), what I did to
correct it was to reinstall the drivers in Windows
XP(I have a dual boot), shut down the computer and
then restarted it. Went into Ubuntu and my wireless
worked again.

Sounds like a good suggestion, but if I'm not
mistaken I'd then have to reset the WEP key
in both Windows and Ubuntu, right?

I'm going to try to reset the Ubuntu WEP key
and then download the update/fix that Gobby mentions.

If it doesn't work, I'll reinstall the win xp
wireless driver and see what happens.

I have to say that I have *never* had any trouble with WEP since I
started with Ubuntu back at version 5.10 - however, Adam mentioned that
he uses a hex key, while I use an ascii one. I have no idea whether or
not that should make any difference, but it might be interesting for
someone to try it and see.

Save it to a text file just in case. Then you can copy and paste it if anything
goes wrong.

finally got it working again (the wi-fi).

1. connected with ethernet lan cable
2. got the xubuntu updates
3. reset the profile in network manager (somehow
it did not have the right network essid (it was off
by 1 character and when you're tired, this
stuff tends to fall through the cracks)

4. edited /etc/network/interfaces once i verified
what channel my router was broadcasting on and typed it in.

5. ran iwfonfig - all was well.