Did you have her show it working there?
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Havens Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:00 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: not getting ip address okay.... I took it in and the tech said she had connected to the net before she gave it back to me. then she said I probably was connecting to the wrong access point. how do you select ap with xfce wm? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Stephen Partington <[email protected]> wrote: That is what it looks like. On Oct 21, 2014 12:06 PM, "Michael Havens" <[email protected]> wrote: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off it looks to me like it is nponexhistant. so I need to take it back to the shop becAuse she disconnected the antenna. Right? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Stephen Partington <[email protected]> wrote: this post will give you a nudge in the right direction, http://superuser.com/questions/272723/wireless-signal-strength-in-linux the key line is "Link Quality=74/100 Signal level=-61 dBm Noise level=-107 dBm" If you have a wireless device but those signals are low/nonexistent your antenna might have been disconnected in some way. also if you have a definite wireless device but poor levels try moving abnormally close to your AP, like right next to it and see what the DB levels look like. secondary hint that the wireless issue is an antenna issue. On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> wrote: kind of connectivity, DB levels, fully connected? How do I determine that? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Stephen Partington <[email protected]> wrote: what kind of connectivity are you getting, DB levels and the like on your wireless. is it even fully connecting? On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> wrote: Can get an ip with an ethernet. Now what? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Stephen M <[email protected]> wrote: Michael, I've heard in the past that when people fix the keyboard in a laptop. That sometimes that can knock off the wireless adapter by accident. Have you tried by an Ethernet cable? On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> wrote: I just got my laptop back from the repair shop and it isn't getting an ip address. It was in the shop because the keyboard needed replacing. Can you help me figure out why it isn't getting the address? :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Stephen Melheim 602-400-7707 [email protected] --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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