I'm looking at this webpage, which looked promising. Why does it want me to download a driver?
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/disable-wireless-toshiba-satellite-52666.html The Fn-F8 key combo is not doing anything, unfortunately. Fn-F12 (which looks like an oldfashioned glass thermometer with the bulb on top) turns on and off the Bluetooth icon. Dang. I wonder if I will have to wait until the next BLU installfest to get it working. Computers are great when they work. What did I doooooo! On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Gregory Boyce <[email protected]> wrote: > A lot of laptops include a shut off for the wireless in the form of a > function key or a physical switch. It may be worth checking for that. > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2017, 8:35 PM Nancy Allison <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, everyone. Thank you for your great replies! I hope this additional >> detail is useful. (Yep, means problem not solved yet.) >> >> Greg: >> >> I followed your numbered steps, which were great, through #3. At #4, I see >> your screenshot. However, the list on the left contains only two items: >> >> Wired >> Network proxy >> >> Airplane Mode is off, but there is no Wireless item on the right, and no >> wireless networks are listed. >> >> Greg and Mike: I opened the terminal window and entered this command: >> >> sudo service network-manager restart >> >> I put in my password. >> >> For a while, a handy Enable Wi-Fi option appeared in a menu at the top of >> the window. I clicked it! But still, it didn't discover my local wi-fi >> network, so I thought, "I'll reboot, and when it loads up, it will find my >> Wi-Fi network, and all will be well." >> >> Alas, it was not to be. Instead, the Enable Wi-Fi option disappeared once >> again from the list, and of course my local network was not listed among >> the wi-fi networks. >> >> So, I was back to square one. >> >> Mike, I have a Toshiba Satellite. After a little googling about >> identifying >> my wireless card, I ran lspci in the terminal window, and I'm seeing: >> >> network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev cb) >> Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411PCI >> Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c) >> >> Is this the information you were looking for? Ubuntu 14.nn on this laptop >> linked successfully to the Internet for quite a while. But maybe Ubuntu >> 16.04 could have problems with the same networking card? >> >> As a last thought, I've rebooted numerous times, so even if I messed up my >> password a time or two, I don't think I could have messed it up every >> time. >> >> Thank you all so much. If there's more information that would help, ask >> away. If you can think of any next steps I should try, I'm all ears! >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Bill Ricker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I have had problems with WIFI waking from SUSPEND with 16.04 with one >> > laptop. >> > (and with a prior version with another laptop! Both Lenovo T61's.) >> > >> > Don't know if that's your issue but mentioning it just in case. >> > (And i may try the suggested sudo restart on that one, thanks ) >> > >> > >> > >> > Bill Ricker >> > [email protected] >> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
