This sounds very much like my problem. I have tried
and tried to configure my new Dell Inspiron to connect
when using Ubuntu. It will connect at the LUG, but not
at home. I'm really seriously beginning to suspect
that Microsoft has put a hex on it! I'm taking my
laptop to the next meeting, going to uninstall
Windows, see what we can do with connection with no
Micorsoft interference.
Sandra
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--- Rob Malpass <rob@???> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Here's an interesting one for any of you who know
> about WLAN.
>
> I have a wireless access point connected to my
> cabled network. Never had
> any trouble with it. The wife's new Vista laptop
> noticed it and it's
> working fine.
>
> I've just bought a (used) wireless enabled laptop
> and no connection.
> Faffed about with all sorts of settings and still no
> joy. Initial
> conclusion: onboard wireless on my "new" laptop is
> kaput - take back and get
> refund. The shop is on the way to work so I took
> the laptop into work with
> me and (for other reasons) powered it up. Surprise
> surprise - 3 wireless
> LANs detected at work. It wouldn't let me connect
> to any (need a key) but
> next conclusion: no problem with onboard WLAN.
>
> So it means my PC will play ball at work, but not at
> home. My wife's PC is
> fine at home. Thinking it may be a signal strength
> issue (all WLANs at
> work were detected weak) I've just set the laptop
> right next to the access
> point and still no joy.
>
> All this is under XP pro, but I have also booted the
> machine off an Ubuntu
> disk with no WLAN access. It was that initially
> that made me think its
> onboard LAN was broken. Havaid said that I've
> never used Ubuntu (or any
> Linux distro) with WLAN so if there's a step I'm
> missing, please shout - I
> expected it to work out of the box as most other
> Ubuntu things have (and
> that's no disrespect to any other distro).
>
> FWIW it's a Toshiba tecra T9000 and I know about the
> WLAN switch and WLAN
> hotkey combination. If anyone could shed any light
> on this, that would be
> good.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
>
>
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