Comment 59 for bug 34902

I have similar feedback to rlancefield. I'm using an up to date dapper install with kernel 2.6.15-26-686 and an asus wl-167g usb 80211b/g adapter which uses the ralink rt2570 chip I think.

If I configure and activate my wl-167g manually using /etc/network/interfaces and calling 'ifup rausb0' or setting it to autostart everything now works.

If I configure and activate the adaptor using the Gnome networking tool I get a complete system freeze as soon as I activate. This freeze always happens if I manually specify an IP address using the networking tool, and only sometimes happens (maybe never) if I set it up to use DHCP.

Here's the lines that make it work in my /etc/network/interfaces script:

auto rausb0
iface rausb0 inet static
address 192.168.12.30
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.12.1
wireless-essid adf3fd
wireless-key 11112222333344445555666677