The original topic regarded the upgrade from kernel ..16 to ..17 had a
bad impact on the WEP wi-fi settings.

Now, sadly, the problem has returned. Returns with every bootup.
Seems that the WEP-related settings stored in /etc/network/interfaces
do not stick. The WEP key stays put (which is good) but the "mode"
and "channel" settings get blown out each bootup.

I'm going to google around to see if there's any way that I can edit
this file (only once) and have the settings stick.

This is somewhat of a bummer, because under 7.10, xubuntu held onto
the WEP settings no matter how many times the kernel was updated.