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Re: [LUG] Wifi nto working

 

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 06:36:14PM +0000, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> My daughter rang me to say that her wifi was not working. Since she
> lives some miles away I tried to sort it over the phone, but to no
> avail.
> 
> I, my wife and my daughter each have a laptop running Xubuntu 14.04
> (LTS) which I look after. My computer is linked directly to the router
> by cable so I am not so knowledgeable about wifi. If there is a problem
> with the wife's computer I just have to go into the room where it is
> setup. Not so easy with daughter's machine.
> 
> I have asked her  to bring the laptop over in a day or two so that I
> can try to sort it out. Meanwhile I am wondering what to look for. I
> will check first if the machine will connect to the wifi here. If so I
> will know that it is a problem with her wifi at home. If not it will be
> something with the laptop itself. 
> 
> So I am wondering where to look next. Can the wifi system in the
> laptop just fail for some reason? I have never had any problems before,
> it has always 'just worked'. Is it easy to restart the wifi program?
> Would that be the way to go?
> 
> Any help or suggestions gratefully received,
> 
From bitter experience: make sure she has not turned wifi off


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Henry
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Mon 25 Jan 19:03:57 GMT 2016

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