Re: network-manager takes 1-4 restarts in order to recognize and connect to already-configured wifi network, USB dongle NIC

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Alan Tu wrote:

> After trial and error, the best fix is for me to get into a terminal
> and restart network-manager:
> # systemctl restart network-manager
> 
> After one to four times of this, eventually network-manager
> establishes the network connection.

Have you configured the network-card/connection in NetworkManager?
If not - do so and set to auto connect - otherwise it will not connect
automatically.