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[ubuntu] keyring password for wireless network adaptor connection

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I'm using 12.04 (32 bit) on a dual boot machine with Windows 7. I use a wireless adapter (USB) to connect to my router. Yesterday the wireless connection fell over and asked for input of the WPA2 password to reconnect. Entry of the password would not allow reconnect. I rebooted. Normally on reboot my system requests a keyring password to activate my network connection. Instead it requested my network security, WPA2, password. When input it connected. I checked my network connection details (I use the GNOME interface for network management) and the interface showed the system had &quot (Hardware)

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I'm using an Acer Aspire 7520, with a AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter with a clean install of 12.04 from disk.

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I want to avoid any password prompt from Ubuntu (12.04) network manager. I just want that the application works silently with the network and password that I gived to it and prompt for password just if I clicked on connect, but no automatically. The problem is that sometimes when the connection fails for any reason (bad signal for example), the network manager ask again for the password.

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