On Monday 04 July 2016 18:43:08 Brian wrote: > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 17:58:58 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 04 July 2016 17:21:29 deloptes wrote: > > > I've been using the ipw2200 for few years on one siemens-fujitsu > > > notebook with out issues. There was first debian and then ubuntu on it. > > > Strange that you can not suddenly connect. > > > > If the card has died it would explain it!! n It has been running fine for > > years, but things do, sadly, die. > > True. > > > > Perhaps you can try with a live ubuntu just to see if it works > > > > Trying now - will send this now and report back again in a while after I > > have loaded something as heavy as Ubuntu-anything onto such an old > > laptop!!! > > A featherweight five minute test could be run with a netinst image. No > need to go beyond configuring the network stage. Unlike a full install > netcfg is used. If the wireless card is not detected you have a very > big problem. But why shouldn't it be? iwconfig managed it after all! > > If it doesn't get configured and connected the problem becomes tractable.
Thank you. Brian. I'm glad that your brain is turned on, even if mine is not. It detected the card - as you say, why shouldn't it? It detected my SSID. It asked about encryption, asked for the passphrase, got given it - and went back to the beginning: which network do you want, which method of encryption, what is the passphrase - and again, back to the beginning. I tried three or four times. I have a new card on order from Amazon in case. They have a new definition of next day delivery. Ordered 3rd delivered 5th. I was in all day today (which is why I ordered it expecting delivery today). I am not in all day tomorrow. It may come while I am in. If not, we get into the Post Office's idea of redelivery. The parcel has to sit in the delivery office for two days before they can attempt redelivery. Oh, well. :-( Lisi
