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  Weird wifi problem Dänk 42Ø <dank@kgb.org> - 2012-08-26 17:51 -0500
    Re: Weird wifi problem philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2012-08-26 18:25 -0500
    Re: Weird wifi problem David <david@skea.com> - 2012-08-27 10:06 +1000
      Re: Weird wifi problem Dänk 42Ø <dank@kgb.org> - 2012-08-26 19:19 -0500
        Re: Weird wifi problem atec77 <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> - 2012-08-27 10:28 +1000
        Re: Weird wifi problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2012-08-26 18:32 -0700
        Re: Weird wifi problem Achilles <Achilles@Scyros.Greece.invalid> - 2012-08-26 20:49 -0500
        Re: Weird wifi problem "jeff g." <jeff.g.group@att.net> - 2012-08-26 21:16 -0700
          Re: Weird wifi problem Rockinghorse Winner <badass.superman@gmx.com> - 2012-08-26 23:15 -0700
            Re: Weird wifi problem "jeff g." <jeff.g.group@att.net> - 2012-08-28 18:02 -0700
              Re: Weird wifi problem My Name Is Tzu How Do You Do <Tzu@hereforlongtime.org> - 2012-08-28 19:01 -0700
    Re: Weird wifi problem MrTallyman <MrTallyman@BananaCountersRUs.org> - 2012-08-27 02:44 -0700

#1417 — Weird wifi problem

I am using Linux Mint 13 and am quite pleased with it.  Last week my 
wireless card refused to connect to the router, and one source said they 
fixed a similar problem by uninstalling network-manager and installing 
wicd.

Wicd connected with no problem, but then yesterday it stopped working.  I 
re-installed it, restarted it over and over, nothing.  Uninstalled it and 
re-installed network-manager and restarted it over and over and rebooted 
and logged out over and over and still nothing.  Gave up and decided to 
re-install the OS.  I was just about to boot the installer when I 
remembered something I left on the HDD, so I rebooted and suddenly my 
wireless is working!

I did nothing that could have fixed it other than yell at it and reboot 
one more time, so what happened?  I shouldn't anthropomorphize a 
computer, but it's like it is trying to be a bitch.

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
"The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc."
  -- Industrial Society and Its Future

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#1418

On 08/26/2012 05:51 PM, Dänk 42Ø wrote:
> I am using Linux Mint 13 and am quite pleased with it.  Last week my
> wireless card refused to connect to the router, and one source said they
> fixed a similar problem by uninstalling network-manager and installing
> wicd.
>
> Wicd connected with no problem, but then yesterday it stopped working.  I
> re-installed it, restarted it over and over, nothing.  Uninstalled it and
> re-installed network-manager and restarted it over and over and rebooted
> and logged out over and over and still nothing.  Gave up and decided to
> re-install the OS.  I was just about to boot the installer when I
> remembered something I left on the HDD, so I rebooted and suddenly my
> wireless is working!
>
> I did nothing that could have fixed it other than yell at it and reboot
> one more time, so what happened?  I shouldn't anthropomorphize a
> computer, but it's like it is trying to be a bitch.
>
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> "The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc."
>    -- Industrial Society and Its Future
>


I had a similar problem once and had to manually assign the DNS servers

-- 
https://www.createspace.com/3707686

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#1419

On 27/08/12 08:51, Dänk 42Ø wrote:
> I am using Linux Mint 13 and am quite pleased with it.  Last week my
> wireless card refused to connect to the router, and one source said they
> fixed a similar problem by uninstalling network-manager and installing
> wicd.
>
> Wicd connected with no problem, but then yesterday it stopped working.  I
> re-installed it, restarted it over and over, nothing.  Uninstalled it and
> re-installed network-manager and restarted it over and over and rebooted
> and logged out over and over and still nothing.  Gave up and decided to
> re-install the OS.  I was just about to boot the installer when I
> remembered something I left on the HDD, so I rebooted and suddenly my
> wireless is working!
>
> I did nothing that could have fixed it other than yell at it and reboot
> one more time, so what happened?  I shouldn't anthropomorphize a
> computer, but it's like it is trying to be a bitch.
>
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> "The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc."
>    -- Industrial Society and Its Future
>
Had a similar problen on an ACER Aspire 5575G last week. Started by 
dropping the wifi connection then the wifi would not switch on on boot. 
Open the bottom case and wiggled the wifi module and all then worked OK. 
Could be a plug/socket connector problem.

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#1420

On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:06:21 +1000, David wrote:

> On 27/08/12 08:51, Dänk 42Ø wrote:
>> I am using Linux Mint 13 and am quite pleased with it.  Last week my
>> wireless card refused to connect to the router, and one source said
>> they fixed a similar problem by uninstalling network-manager and
>> installing wicd.
>>
>> Wicd connected with no problem, but then yesterday it stopped working. 
>> I re-installed it, restarted it over and over, nothing.  Uninstalled it
>> and re-installed network-manager and restarted it over and over and
>> rebooted and logged out over and over and still nothing.  Gave up and
>> decided to re-install the OS.  I was just about to boot the installer
>> when I remembered something I left on the HDD, so I rebooted and
>> suddenly my wireless is working!
>>
>> I did nothing that could have fixed it other than yell at it and reboot
>> one more time, so what happened?  I shouldn't anthropomorphize a
>> computer, but it's like it is trying to be a bitch.
>>
>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>> "The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc."
>>    -- Industrial Society and Its Future
>>
> Had a similar problen on an ACER Aspire 5575G last week. Started by
> dropping the wifi connection then the wifi would not switch on on boot.
> Open the bottom case and wiggled the wifi module and all then worked OK.
> Could be a plug/socket connector problem.

I have an Acer Aspire One netbook -- also running LM13 (32-bit) -- and 
have never had a single problem with it.  It uses the Atheros chipset, 
which is why I bought an Atheros card for my desktop after my old W****** 
card wouldn't work.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't the plug/socket, since I could see the network 
but network-manager and wicd kept insisting the key was incorrect.  This 
was a recurring problem in LM12, and I had hoped it had been fixed.  
(Back then I could just "forget" the network and re-discover it, but that 
didn't work this time.)

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#1421

On 27/08/2012 10:19 AM, Dänk 42Ø wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:06:21 +1000, David wrote:
>
>> On 27/08/12 08:51, Dänk 42Ø wrote:
>>> I am using Linux Mint 13 and am quite pleased with it.  Last week my
>>> wireless card refused to connect to the router, and one source said
>>> they fixed a similar problem by uninstalling network-manager and
>>> installing wicd.
>>>
>>> Wicd connected with no problem, but then yesterday it stopped working.
>>> I re-installed it, restarted it over and over, nothing.  Uninstalled it
>>> and re-installed network-manager and restarted it over and over and
>>> rebooted and logged out over and over and still nothing.  Gave up and
>>> decided to re-install the OS.  I was just about to boot the installer
>>> when I remembered something I left on the HDD, so I rebooted and
>>> suddenly my wireless is working!
>>>
>>> I did nothing that could have fixed it other than yell at it and reboot
>>> one more time, so what happened?  I shouldn't anthropomorphize a
>>> computer, but it's like it is trying to be a bitch.
>>>
>>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>>> "The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc."
>>>     -- Industrial Society and Its Future
>>>
>> Had a similar problen on an ACER Aspire 5575G last week. Started by
>> dropping the wifi connection then the wifi would not switch on on boot.
>> Open the bottom case and wiggled the wifi module and all then worked OK.
>> Could be a plug/socket connector problem.
>
> I have an Acer Aspire One netbook -- also running LM13 (32-bit) -- and
> have never had a single problem with it.  It uses the Atheros chipset,
> which is why I bought an Atheros card for my desktop after my old W******
> card wouldn't work.
>
> I'm pretty sure it wasn't the plug/socket, since I could see the network
> but network-manager and wicd kept insisting the key was incorrect.  This
> was a recurring problem in LM12, and I had hoped it had been fixed.
> (Back then I could just "forget" the network and re-discover it, but that
> didn't work this time.)
>
If the physical layer is not failing then fixing the connection details 
like dns and ip should resolve it , worth a try

-- 









X-No-Archive: Yes

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#1422

Dänk 42Ø wrote:

>>> I am using Linux Mint 13 and am quite pleased with it.  Last week
>>> my wireless card refused to connect to the router, and one source
>>> said they fixed a similar problem by uninstalling network-manager
>>> and installing wicd.

This troubleshooting fails to address the issue of the wireless signal 
quality and interference possibilities.

Also, in this scenario, if the wireless can't access the router, it 
surely can't access the local network.

>>> Wicd connected with no problem, but then yesterday it stopped
>>> working.

>>> I rebooted and suddenly my wireless is working!

> I bought an Atheros card for my desktop after my old W****** card
> wouldn't work.
>
> I'm pretty sure it wasn't the plug/socket, since I could see the
> network but network-manager and wicd kept insisting the key was
> incorrect.

I don't follow this part of the report in which you say you can see the 
network but the security key isn't working.

Why is this message thread being crossposted to 3 groups instead of the 
one best one?



-- 
Mike Easter

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#1423

On 08/26/2012 07:19 PM, Dänk 42Ø wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:06:21 +1000, David wrote:
>
>> On 27/08/12 08:51, Dänk 42Ø wrote:
>>> I am using Linux Mint 13 and am quite pleased with it.  Last week my
>>> wireless card refused to connect to the router, and one source said
>>> they fixed a similar problem by uninstalling network-manager and
>>> installing wicd.
>>>
>>> Wicd connected with no problem, but then yesterday it stopped working.
>>> I re-installed it, restarted it over and over, nothing.  Uninstalled it
>>> and re-installed network-manager and restarted it over and over and
>>> rebooted and logged out over and over and still nothing.  Gave up and
>>> decided to re-install the OS.  I was just about to boot the installer
>>> when I remembered something I left on the HDD, so I rebooted and
>>> suddenly my wireless is working!
>>>
>>> I did nothing that could have fixed it other than yell at it and reboot
>>> one more time, so what happened?  I shouldn't anthropomorphize a
>>> computer, but it's like it is trying to be a bitch.
>>>
>>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>>> "The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc."
>>>     -- Industrial Society and Its Future
>>>
>> Had a similar problen on an ACER Aspire 5575G last week. Started by
>> dropping the wifi connection then the wifi would not switch on on boot.
>> Open the bottom case and wiggled the wifi module and all then worked OK.
>> Could be a plug/socket connector problem.
>
> I have an Acer Aspire One netbook -- also running LM13 (32-bit) -- and
> have never had a single problem with it.  It uses the Atheros chipset,
> which is why I bought an Atheros card for my desktop after my old W******
> card wouldn't work.
>
> I'm pretty sure it wasn't the plug/socket, since I could see the network
> but network-manager and wicd kept insisting the key was incorrect.  This
> was a recurring problem in LM12, and I had hoped it had been fixed.
> (Back then I could just "forget" the network and re-discover it, but that
> didn't work this time.)
>
Injection attack/spoof

-- 
A bow and arrow is better than a gun with no bullets.

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#1424

On 08/26/2012 05:19 PM, Dänk 42Ø wrote:


> "The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc."


maybe one should read those books before burning them, eh?

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#1440

* It may have been the liquor talking, but 
jeff g. <jeff.g.group@att.net> wrote:

> On 08/26/2012 05:19 PM, D?nk 42? wrote:
>
>
>> "The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc."
>
>
> maybe one should read those books before burning them, eh?

No, they must be burned, and any memory of them forgotten. It is essential
that no memory of their existence be tolerated.

Terry
-- 
"Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls  |/
drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own       |/    Gentoo Linux
despair, against our will, comes wisdom through     |/   
the awful grace of God." -Aeschylus                 |/

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#1442

On 08/26/2012 11:15 PM, Rockinghorse Winner wrote:
> * It may have been the liquor talking, but
> jeff g. <jeff.g.group@att.net> wrote:
>
>> On 08/26/2012 05:19 PM, D?nk 42? wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc."
>>
>>
>> maybe one should read those books before burning them, eh?
>
> No, they must be burned, and any memory of them forgotten. It is essential
> that no memory of their existence be tolerated.
>
> Winston
>

there, I fixed your signature for you...

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#1443

On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:02:53 -0700, "jeff g." <jeff.g.group@att.net>
wrote:

>On 08/26/2012 11:15 PM, Rockinghorse Winner wrote:
>> * It may have been the liquor talking, but
>> jeff g. <jeff.g.group@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/26/2012 05:19 PM, D?nk 42? wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> "The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc."
>>>
>>>
>>> maybe one should read those books before burning them, eh?
>>
>> No, they must be burned, and any memory of them forgotten. It is essential
>> that no memory of their existence be tolerated.
>>
>> Winston
>>
>
>there, I fixed your signature for you...

  "And I'd do it again, except this time 'round, I'd have chosen Berlin."

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#1425

On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:51:27 -0500, Dänk 42Ø <dank@kgb.org> wrote:

snipped retarded, wrong group post content.

  WRONG GROUP, IDIOT.

  You should not smoke so much SHIT with your hash, dipshit.

  Weed is for intelligent folks, not stupid, pants down past the asscrack
idiots.

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