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wired connection works but I am forced to reboot if I want wifi to start working again.

I have an acer one 721-3801 on 10.10. help?

I have the broadcom 43225 driver if that helps... (I am very new to ubuntu so please let me know if you need any additional info)

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What does reboot do? Stop networking-manager, unload the module, reload the module and start nm.

I'm not sure, what the module-name for your driver is. I guess b43. You could do:

sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager stop
sudo rmmod b43
sudo modprobe b43
sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager start

and try if it helps.

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    +100 In my case the module is iwlagn, but when I discovered this fix I created a bash alias and now it hardly even bothers me: alias riwl="sudo rmmod iwlagn; sudo modprobe iwlagn";. Haven't found that restarting network manager is necessary. – Rob Van Dam Dec 04 '11 at 17:11
  • Awesome, added it to a script in /etc/pm/sleep.d and ran the lines above only on resume for my module which is wl and works like a charm. Thanks. – Björn Feb 03 '13 at 09:23
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I have the same issue with my ancient (but still kicking) Comapaq r4000. What I do is this:

~$ sudo rmmod b43 && sudo modprobe b43

The wifi goes away for a moment, comes back, and scans for my network. Perfect. I keep meaning to write a script, but it's been 3 years... I don't think I'm going to. :)

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You could try using a different Wifi manager -- many people have issues (including me) with Ubuntu's default "Network Manager" and switch to Wicd.

Did the Restricted Drivers application prompt you to install your driver or did you go to the manufacturer's website and download and install it yourself?

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nm-tool

Look for the line Driver:

Then check to reload the driver 

sudo rmmod (your driver)
sudo modprobe (you driver)

If works:

$ sudo  gedit /etc/pm/sleep.d/00_wireless_sleep

#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
suspend|hibernate)
/sbin/rmmod (you driver)
 ;;
resume|thaw)
 /sbin/rmmod (you driver)
 /sbin/modprobe (you driver)
;;
esac
exit 0

sudo chmod 755 /etc/pm/sleep.d/00_wireless_sleep

based on

Wireless doesn't connect after suspend on an Asus K52F

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