Every time I restore my computer from sleep or turn it on a window pops up asking for my wireless password. Once I enter it it connects successfully, but this happens every time. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 with all updates installed. Shouldn't the password be remembered so you don't have to enter it every time I get on?
Anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it?
I had the same problem. To fix this. Go to your network connections. From there click on wireless tab. Choose your connection and then click the edit button. Make sure your password is entered then click on the wireless security tab. Then check the box in the bottom left corner that says available to all users. This is what fixed the problem for me.
Here is a slight variation of Hugo's answer. For me the problem was occuring with a particular network despite the "All users may connect to this network" checkbox being already checked. So what I did was to uncheck the box, save, check the box, then save again. I know this seems retarded, but it solved the problem for me.
The real issue for me was weak signal, I attached an external antenna to fix that. This is a bug and no workaround worked for me. It seems to be related to the gnome keyring, but I could not figure out why it pops up while the box is filled in (i.e. password is saved).
If you got the edit connections tab and look in wireless security. Is your password there. if not enter it and it should stay there.
Are you using an automatic login or du you need to type your password into lightdm when you start your computer? In a previous ubuntu version I had a similar issue and removing the automatic login did the trick. This is/was some strange security policy and I don't know if this solution will work for Ubuntu 11.10 / Gnome 3 but maybe this still works.
It's probably related to this bug
I have a variant of the bug, in which it created multiple prompts, but after a while managed to connect... turns out that in my case the issue was due to some duplicate connection configs of the same wifi
I don't know how to fix that behavior but I do know an alternative method of security that's not as strong as the password but will still keep the many unwanted users off your network and not query you on every boot up. Set up MAC address blocking in your router and disable the password. Open up your browser and connect to the router. Frequently http://192.168.1.1, a router password will also be required. You'll then be able to look through the router's menu tree to find where it configures MAC address blocking. It's a good idea to set your router password to something other than the default. On my TRENDnet router the default password was "admin." You can find the correct IP and default password in the documentation that came with your router. If you can't find it you can download a new manual from the manufacturer.
