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Re: [LUG] Wifi nto working

 
Yes Eion seems MS updates break and fix wired and wireless connections reliably.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3016955/microsoft-windows/cumulative-update-kb-3124200-for-windows-10-version-1511-may-fix-wi-fi-problem.html

My Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. has been known to drop wired and wifi connections.
May of been due to restarting the network manger.

What is the preferred way to restart the network interfaces in Ubuntu ?
sudo ifdown eth0 or your interface number
sudo ifup eth0 or your interface number





On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:59 PM, Eion MacDonald <eionmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On 26/01/2016 15:38, Simon Avery wrote:
> Look closely at the front and side edges of the laptop, and around the
> screen and under it, and at the top of the keyboard.
>
> Quite often there's a button or slider that disables wifi. On some
> laptops it's very easy to nudge this by mistake.
>
>
>
> On 26 January 2016 at 13:25, Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>Â Â ÂOn Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:46:37 +0000
>Â Â ÂBen Whorwood <ml-devcornlinuxgrp@xxxxxxxxxx
>Â Â Â<mailto:ml-devcornlinuxgrp@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>Â Â Â> It can be easy for a never-used Fn+other key combination to be
>Â Â Â> pressed and the person not realise. Especially if a cat or other
>Â Â Â> creature has decided to take a dance on the keyboard.
>
>Â Â ÂShe does have three cats!!
>
>Â Â Â>
>Â Â Â> I would prepare a bootable live operating system as well so you can
>Â Â Â> quickly rule out software configuration or driver issues.
>Â Â Â>
>Â Â ÂThe laptop does boot up as normal, it is just the wifi not working.
>
>Â Â ÂNeil
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I find a Live Linux like Knoppix a great help to determine if it is
hardware related as Knoppix has a very good hardware finder and offers a
reasonable way to set up wifi. But FIRST connect it by ethernet, then
align the wifi.

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