I had that problem, too. I pinpointed the problem down to a setting on my router I enabled just before the freezes started. Disabling CTS Protection (also known as 802.11b/g protection) on my router stopped my system from freezing after bringing up the interface. You might want to try that.
-- [Gutsy] System freeze when bringing up rt2500pci interface https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
