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From: Andy Botterill on 3 Apr 2010 05:43 Using FC11 on studio 1555 laptop. I recently did a software update and now all wifi behaviour has stopped. The network manager does not display any local networks. How do I turn this on? The dmesg shows that 802.11 has been configured. I don't want to connect to any local networks (they aren't mine) just to get my system to recognise them. Thanks in advance Andy
From: Neil Ellwood on 3 Apr 2010 11:34 On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:43:12 +0100, Andy Botterill wrote: > Using FC11 on studio 1555 laptop. I recently did a software update and > now all wifi behaviour has stopped. The network manager does not display > any local networks. How do I turn this on? The dmesg shows that 802.11 > has been configured. I don't want to connect to any local networks (they > aren't mine) just to get my system to recognise them. Thanks in advance > Andy Try installing FC12 - and see if things work better than this. If this doesn't work try Studio 64, if your proc. isn't 64 bit then there is a 32 bit version. -- neil Reverse 'r' + 'a' and remove 'l'. Linux counter 335851
From: Andy Botterill on 4 Apr 2010 14:09
On 04/03/2010 04:34 PM, Neil Ellwood wrote: > On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:43:12 +0100, Andy Botterill wrote: > >> Using FC11 on studio 1555 laptop. I recently did a software update and >> now all wifi behaviour has stopped. The network manager does not display >> any local networks. How do I turn this on? The dmesg shows that 802.11 >> has been configured. I don't want to connect to any local networks (they >> aren't mine) just to get my system to recognise them. Thanks in advance >> Andy > > Try installing FC12 - and see if things work better than this. If this > doesn't work try Studio 64, if your proc. isn't 64 bit then there is a 32 > bit version. > Hmm installing FC12 just for no wifi seems a bit excessive. I managed to fix it by doing ifconfig wlan0 down and then ifconfig wlan0 up Is losing wifi like this normal or do I have another issue lurking? It's working so far so good. Thanks Andy. |