Wireless network connectivity problem

Orion Poplawski orion at cora.nwra.com
Fri Apr 8 19:31:21 UTC 2011


On 04/08/2011 12:58 PM, Temlakos wrote:
> I have a Dell Inspiron 1545, which has a built-in wireless
> device--though I never used it until recently, being content to use a
> direct wired connection.
>
> A week and a half ago, I took it overseas and there attempted to use a
> wireless hotspot at my hotel. But when I tried to use the Network
> Configuration and Network Device Control applets, nothing operated, nor
> could I find the network, even after typing in the SSID that the hotel
> receptionists provided. My fellow travelers were able to use the
> hotspot, but not I.


I've had to switch a couple of my users to using the gnome nm-applet because 
the KDE applet couldn't connect to wireless networks for some as yet unknown 
reason.

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