On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:40:19 -0700, Holz wrote:

> This is a test laptop, i performed in place upgrade. After the upgrade,
> wireless option no longer shown in network options, i only have
> wlan0_rename. I had to disable dhcp and assign static ip, and load using
> modprobe iwl3954 manually. I also had to run iwconfig manually, only then
> could I use my wireless card. The ipe3954 driver is not listed in
> restricted driver manager. Any one knows a better "automated" solution? is
> ipw3954 still supported?

I would speculate it's a problem that is of the nature of the beta
release. Place the module name iwl3954 in /etc/modules and put up with the
other issues until the problem is resolved in a future beta or release
candidate.