Thanks for all the suggestions. Will try and look at each one of them. Problem is with connection speeds of 3.28 download and 0.54 upload there is very little I can do.
Take care On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 at 23:15, Michael Pope <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you tried the latest Ubuntu via a live cd just to test that the > WIFI works? > > 'stripes theotoky' via mlug-au writes: > > > Hello to all, > > > > Have a problem with a very old Dell XPS M1330. The box is 12 years old > > (2008) and runs Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. It has only been used recently > to > > play frozen bubble as it has a very good keyboard. > > > > The problem: > > It does not pick the wifi. The switch on the side of the box doesn't > seem > > to be working. > > I have checked the BIOS and both wifi and blue tooth seem to be turned on > > there (ENABLED). > > > > I tried iwconfig which listed the following interfaces and that nothing > was > > wifi capable > > > > lo > > eth1 > > vboxnet0 > > > > I tried > > sudo ifconfig vboxnet0 up > > and > > sudo ifconfig vboxnet0 down > > > > which show I can turn the vboxnet0 interface on and off. With it turned > on > > I again tried > > iwconfig and still there are no wifi capable interfaces. > > > > This happens with the Ubuntu that is on this box and with Mint 17 booted > > from a USB key. > > > > Any ideas? Is the wifi internal card dead? old system? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Take care and be safe > > > > J. > > > > -- > > Stripes Theotoky > > > > -37 .713869 > > 145.050562 > > -- > Mick > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mlug-au" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mlug-au/871roogx2w.fsf%40gmail.com. > -- Stripes Theotoky -37 .713869 145.050562
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