WiFi restoration

[Timothy Murphy]

Ed Greshko wrote:

> On 04/25/15 18:18, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>> I'm running Fedora/KDE, and I don't see anything called "Airplane mode"
>> (or Airplane anything) in KNetworkManager.
> 
> I don't know what you mean by "KNetworkManager" but I am running F21/KDE.
> 
> I am using "kde-plasma-nm".  When I left-click on the Network-Icon in the
> systray a dialog is exposed.  At the very top are 2 check-boxes.  The left
> most check box is for turning the WiFi on.  I have a desk top with wifi
> and wired.  To the right of the WiFi is another box with a little
> airplane.  This turns on/off airplane mode.  I wonder if/what the
> difference is...but since I rarely use the WiFi on this system I've not
> spent any time to investigate.

Thank you, I had never noticed these icons - 
they seem to answer all my queries.
Next time WiFi fails, I'll see if they do the trick.


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Timothy Murphy  
gayleard /at/ eircom.net
School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin