just a guess, have you tried deleting all connection info and starting over? are
all your updates current?

Is this one your home setup, with two routes you control? Do you know the
correct passwords? I gather you never get connected wirelessly... or am I
just not understanding? You may need to plug in the Ethernet cable so the
system can be upgraded before your Wifi card will function.

Have you tried disabling all security settings on the router? If it then
connects easily then you can try implementing WAP. Only run "wide open"for
testing purposes.

Check your Wifi channel settings too, on the router. You need to use the
clearest unoccupied channel which may require some trial and error.

I've seen one router appear twice, especially if it can use some advanced
authentication method (forget what its called). If I connect to the right
one first it never asks for a second password.

Are you using Oneiric? It's number is 11 (for 2011) dot 10 (came out in
October, 10 th month). Its easy to get confused if you drop part of the
number. Or do you mean Natty, as the first release last year. Since it came
out in April it is officially 11.04.

Just some random thoughts put out in the hope that something may help.

Something that had confused me the first time I tried Ubuntu Network
Manager was the wireless keyring. I had set it up without understanding
what it was, and after the first time I setup my wireless, it was the
keyring dialog that came up, which was an entirely different password.
That doesn't sound exactly like you describe, but just thought I would put
that information out there "in case". Otherwise, opening the network
manager and deleting the connections, then setting up fresh sounds like a
good option, as someone else suggested.

ps---dont forget to ck for new hardware drivers

Something that had confused me the first time I tried Ubuntu Network
Manager was the wireless keyring. I had set it up without understanding
what it was, and after the first time I setup my wireless, it was the
keyring dialog that came up, which was an entirely different password.
That doesn't sound exactly like you describe, but just thought I would put
that information out there "in case". Otherwise, opening the network
manager and deleting the connections, then setting up fresh sounds like a
good option, as someone else suggested.

All good advise concerning the wireless problem. One other
question I would like to address which I admit may sound
trivial. Which version of Ubuntu are you using? You say
in your email below that it is 11.1, which I expect you mean
to be 11.10. Most people would say well what is the difference?
The difference is 11.1 could be an early alpha version of 11.04
Ubuntu. The way Ubuntu names releases is the year 2011, last
two digits, 11, followed by month, releases are in April, 04 and
October, 10, so if you are using a standard release in 2011 it
would be either 11.04, or 11.10, I hope that was a help.

T> It keeps
T> asking me for the passwords to two available wireless networks. One is
T> the correct one. One is the incorrect one.

Once you've successfully connected to the correct one then it should
log into that and not bother with anything else. So, have you put in
the key for the correct wireless network and got connected to it ?

If you aren't using wireless then you can turn off the wireless side
of things. Right Click on the network icon on top right and click on
the 'Enable Wireless' bit to clear the check mark.

It had something to do with my router at home that I will have to figure
out later. My condo is flood damaged and I am now in a hotel with wi fi
and connected to that flawlessly so I dunno.

Put the router into no security mode and see if that works. Then add
security back.

If all else fails reset your router to original "factory settings" usually
by pushing a paper clip into a small opening in the back of the router.
Then try again - it should connect. Then add security.

If I remember right, somewhere in the 2.6.3X kernel there was a bug that
prevented authentication with wpa_supplicant and WPA/WPA2 encryption. It
was also present with several motorola Android models when they pushed an
update. So if you get back to the factory settings on the router as Leslie
indicated, and it still doesn't work, updating the Ubuntu system could be a
possible solution if it is older or outdated.

Some older wi-fi equipment (10 years) is a little more temperamental than the
new. Sometimes when using encryption, you had to be careful not to mix
brands. It would not work even with the correct password. I had this problem
with some old equipment. With the new equipment this is seldom a problem. Is
some of your equipment seasoned, like 10 years old or so? This may be the
problem.

First of all, sorry to hear you've been flooded out but at least the
successful connection to the hotel Wi-Fi proved your system itself
isn't at fault. Hope you don't spend too long in 'hotel land', even if
you do get Wi-Fi

The condo has to be sold as to a realty company to deal with. I am just
happy to be learning Linux and have three LUGs to go to and SCALE coming
up. I will be relocating to an apartment as soon as I can. I may be
without internet for a while except for at Starbucks, etc.

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.