On 06/12/2018 10:28 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jun 2018, [email protected] wrote:
Yesterday, when we got to a hotel and I tried to fire up my x200 laptop,
all the WiFi connections showed up as "Out of Range." When I rebooted
all
returned to normal. Tonight, at another hotel, rebooting does not fix
the
problem. I'm able to use my wife's laptop without problem. Any
thoughts on
whether this is something I can dig into on the road, or is this
likely a
hardware problem?
Dick,
Want a USB-connected external antenna?
Thanks for the offer, but I don't know if that will help.
Tonight's stop is old-school. There's an Ethernet cable in the room. I
spoke with our hardware guru. He thinks it's likely that the WiFi
hardware in the computer has failed. I told him that when I look at the
network administration tool, click on "On" for wireless, it jumps from
off to on and back again, and that all the listed WiFi connections are
"out of range." He knows Ubuntu, and that info is what led him to think
it's hardware. I'll take it to him when we get back.
--
Regards,
Dick Steffens
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