Thread: 11.10 missing option to disconnect wireless

hello,

1 of main uses ubuntu network diagnostics, , i'm having ease-of-use issue oneiric. in past versions, when connected wireless, click tray icon , disconnect access point. option appears missing oneiric.

i'll give real-world example. yesterday troubleshooting wireless connectivity , throughput @ site 3 access points. needed able 1.) scan access points using airodump-ng , 2.) connect specific access points essid same. had create several new networks in network-manager each 1 tied specific bssid, found couldn't switch between them without turning wireless off , on auto-connect disabled on of them. using airodump-ng scan access points , clients in real time, channel-hops, gets locked 1 channel when associate ap. way free turn wireless off, crashes airodump-ng because interface goes down, , restart it.

that's annoying. used able click network manager tray icon , click disconnect. same wired connections (and there situations needed deconfigure wired interface during troubleshooting). there no disconnect option there. is there way back, or going have switch wicd features need?

note using gnome 3, if makes difference. can't use unity in oneiric due broken touchpad support. not want to.

also, can tell me if wicd has known issue in 11.10 gnome 3?

edit: decided go ahead , swap anyway. uninstalled network-manager , installed wicd. it's working, , have lovely disconnect button, gnome 3 doing strange. rather in top right, icon in bottom right corner , shows if mouse on or open dash. seems can't drag or anything. there way can put top?

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