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I just got a new laptop, an Asus ultrabook, and installed 12.10 on it. The installation went smoothly with no errors.

The one issue is that wifi is not enabled by default when I boot. I have to manually enable it after logging in by clicking on the icon in the Gnome panel and selecting "Enable wireless".

Also, if ever the laptop goes into suspend mode, when it comes back, the wifi is disconnected.

After a search on the web, it seems that the problem should be solved by editing the connections, and ensuring that for every wireless connection the "Connect automatically" and "Available to all users" checkboxes are checked. I have done this, but it has not changed anything.

I would like the wifi to always be connected by default, when booting or any other time. How can I get this to happen?

To be clear, I am connecting to a wireless LAN connection, sometimes on my home connection, and sometimes at a hotspot. This is not a 3G or cellular service connection.

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Check that you've got the configuration to connect automatically:

  • Right click on the Network manager icon
  • Click on 'edit connections' in the drop-down menu
  • Click on the 'Wireless' Tab
  • Select your connection and click the 'edit' button
  • Up the top left click on 'Connect automatically' and down the bottom left click 'available to all users'

If this doesn't work then it seems there may be a problem with Network Manager and the configuration. You could try removing Network manager and the configuration completely and re-install

sudo apt-get purge network-manager
sudo apt-get install network-manager

Note that you will have re-configure the connection afterwards. To re-install you will need a wired connection to plug into so that it can download and install network manager. I'm not sure, but when you remove network-manager it will most probably stop all related services and disconnect from the network.

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