That's not a bug, but a feature :) Seriously, network-manager is at the moment only designed to deal with dhcp networks... Should change with next major version.
** Changed in: knetworkmanager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- knetworkmanager and no DHCP wifi https://launchpad.net/bugs/96919 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs