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[Bent Haase <Bent.Haase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This also concerns me since a few years in Ubuntu now.
Why not finally adding a simple "refresh button" in the dropdown menu, which executes some code like this:

`iwlist wlanXYZ scan`

Also giving the user a simple option to change the auto refresh interval
would make using wireless networks way more convenient. Sometimes you
have to wait for minutes until Ubuntu finally connects to  a WIFI
network when you don't manually restart the network manager so you force
the system to refresh the network list.

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Title:
  NetworkManager applet wireless connections refresh too slow

Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When I physically turn off a wireless router, the connection name
  remains in the list of Wireless Networks long after.  Repeated
  clicking on the network manager applet does not refresh the list.

  The delay to refresh the list of Wireless Network names can be 10-15
  minutes.

  The problem is reproducible.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-34.53-generic-pae 3.2.33
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-34-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Dec  4 13:18:20 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  IpRoute:
   default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0  proto static 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
   192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.10  metric 1
  MarkForUpload: True
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
   WimaxEnabled=true
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  nmcli-con:
   NAME                      UUID                                   TYPE              TIMESTAMP    TIMESTAMP-REAL                     AUTOCONNECT   READONLY   DBUS-PATH                                 
   Wired connection 1        fdee8a75-ec5f-4055-8be8-93d42633b4ac   802-3-ethernet    1354645049   Tue 04 Dec 2012 01:17:29 PM EST    yes           no         /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
  nmcli-dev:
   DEVICE     TYPE              STATE         DBUS-PATH                                  
   eth0       802-3-ethernet    connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1  
   wlan0      802-11-wireless   disconnected  /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
  nmcli-nm:
   RUNNING         VERSION    STATE           NET-ENABLED   WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI       WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN      
   running         0.9.4.0    connected       enabled       enabled         enabled    enabled         disabled

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