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On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:04:00 +0000 Henry Bremridge <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > I did ask, and she claims that she has not touched anything, Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq