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Actually it might genuinely have reset itself. Amongst other things I look after 6 or 7 teachers' laptops (running Win 7) at a local primary school. All of them will periodically lose WiFi, and in every case the answer has been Fn+F11 to switch it back on. In one case it happened when I had the laptop in my keeping overnight so I know that one wasn't a case of pressing the wrong buttons. Still can't train them to check it for themselves though!!! Phil On 27/01/16 22:33, barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 08:38:00 +0000 > <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:26:45 +0000 >> Matt Stevenson <mrmstevenson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >> Of course, thanks for that. Have made a note about it and will use it >> if necessary. >> >> Neil >> > OK, so it was very simple in the end. Having checked out her machine > details on line I saw that there was an Fn key which I had forgotten > about, One is a toggle to switch the wifi on and off. I rang her and > told her to try that (in this case Fn + F11) and the wifi started working. > > Of course she claims that she did not touch those keys, so perhaps we > should blame one of the cats!! > > Anyway thanks for all the help and ideas. All's well ..... > > Neil > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq