wlassistant launcher command

I added a launcher icon in my top panel to access wlassistant, but have been not able to get access due to a window that pops up stating that I have insufficient permissions' to function properly and that I should run it as sudo.
I changed the command line to read "/usr/bin/su-to-root -X -c /usr/bin/wlassistant" which now opens the window without a password prompt.
I'm planning to reinstall Ubuntu from scratch on this laptop next month, when I return from holidays. I'm sure that getting wifi to work flawlessly on this laptop without all this tweaking is possible. I've got a 64 bit Ubuntu DVD that I want to try out as well.