To solve this problem, I recently switched to Wicd and now I get a nice stable connection on my home wireless. But here at Southern Poly, I had some trouble connecting to the wireless network. After some googling, I found this script: http://wicd.net/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=200. What I’m follows is a step by step HOWTO for connecting to Southern Polytechnic State University’s wireless network in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.

1. Add the wicd package
   

   sudo apt-get install wicd

   It’s going to want to remove network-manager, but don’t panic, you won’t miss it. After the install, the gnome panel is going to complain about network manager not working, but this is also normal.

2. Download this template (eap-ttls) to your desktop and move it to your /etc/wicd/encryption/templates folder.
   

   sudo mv ~/Desktop/eap-ttls /etc/wicd/encryption/templates

3. Now add the template to wicd’s active list
   

   sudo echo eap-ttls >> /etc/wicd/encryption/templates/active

4. Start wicd.In the menus, click “Applications”->”Internet”->”Wicd Network Manager”
5. Find “hornet” in the network list.
6. Click Properties.
7. Leave all of the choice boxes unclicked except for Use Encryption.
8. In the drop down box, choose EAP-TTLS
9. Under Identity, type your user name (the part of your school email address that comes before @spsu.edu)
10. Under Password, type your password. The same one you use for your school email.Your property window should look like this, now.
11. Click Ok.
12. Now click Connect and you should be good to go.

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