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Re: Weird wifi problem

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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

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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

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