This issue has also been confirmed by other users, see http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1351902&postcount=2
The user in this forum post created a trivial script that simply restarts networking during boot. -- No WLAN after boot of 6.10, works with manual ifup/ifdown https://launchpad.net/bugs/69839 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs