Wireless network connectivity problem

Temlakos temlakos at gmail.com
Fri Apr 8 20:06:46 UTC 2011


On 04/08/2011 03:31 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> 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.
>

All right, so it wasn't something that I couldn't understand.

How do I get this alternative network applet, and do you think that will 
get fixed with the next iteration?

Temlakos


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