Sometimes, I get into a similar-sounding loop on one of my laptops. I think
it's a borderline wireless signal strength issue: if I move closer to my router,
I can get connected. (This is a very old, very slow laptop, with a PCMCIA
802.11b Wi-Fi card. Xubuntu 11.10)

You might want to try it where you've got really good signal strength, once
you're back in your condo.