Thanks, kbang. Your solution worked for me, modified slightly as I'm using WEP:
iface ra0 inet dhcp pre-up ifconfig ra0 up pre-up ifconfig ra0 down pre-up ifconfig ra0 up pre-up ifconfig ra0 down pre-up iwconfig ra0 essid "MyRouterName" pre-up iwconfig ra0 key "MyKeyInHex" pre-up iwconfig ra0 mode Managed pre-up ifconfig ra0 up auto ra0 Now I have wireless connectivity which survives a reboot. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs