[kwlug-disc] More wi-fi adventures

[Jeff Smith]

I finally got it figured out....

As strange as it sounds, I needed to hook up an ethernet cable and 
download and install the Nvidia drivers and wpa-supplicant. I'm not sure 
why, but I finally have a working wi-fi on my laptop running Ubuntu 18.10.


On 2018-08-25 12:58 p.m., CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> Well..  I didn't even get this far.  I tried several different 
> distros.  The ones based on Ubuntu all showed the same issue: it would 
> say it was connecting to the wi-fi but it just kept spinning on and on 
> then timing out.  With auto-connect on, it just kept trying over and 
> over to connect.  I tried the tricks suggested by the group but no 
> luck.  However I did notice the weird DNS entry (127.0.0.53). Changing 
> that to my router and restarting networking didn't seem to help, though.
>
> Fedora based distros didn't seem to have any issues with the wi-fi.  
> So I'm thinking that I will switch back to Fedora for that laptop, but 
> next time I'm out and about with the laptop I might try a USB Ubuntu 
> Live session to see if I can connect to other routers, just for fun.
>
> Thanks, for the tips, though, they were interesting.
>
>
> On 23 August 2018 at 23:18, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com 
> <mailto:bjonkman at sobac.com>> wrote:
>
>     Speculation on my part, but I think the problem may have something
>     to do
>     with the WPA2 handshake vulnerability from 2017 (or rather, the
>     fix for it):
>
>     https://youtu.be/mYtvjijATa4
>     Krack Attacks (WiFi WPA2 Vulnerability) - Computerphile
>
>
>
>     --Bob.
>
>
>     On 2018-08-23 11:12 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>     > Hi Cranky: I assume you're using NetworkManager. Try adding a
>     connection
>     > for your access point manually, first with "Automatically
>     Connect" off.
>     > Then you'll be able to pick that connection from the list and
>     all the
>     > settings are already there. If it works, then you can change
>     > "Automatically Connect" to "On".
>     >
>     > I've been having the same problem with Ubuntu 16.04 since about
>     16.04.3
>     > or so...  Annoying, but less annoying than re-installing the OS.
>     >
>     > --Bob.
>     >
>     >
>     > On 2018-08-23 02:31 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>     >> If some of you recall, I was unable to get the wi-fi working on
>     my laptop
>     >> after installing Ubuntu 18.04.  It works fine with any Fedora
>     derivative
>     >> distro, however.  Well, after 18.04.01 came out I thought I'd
>     try my luck
>     >> again but still no-go.  I can not connect to my home network
>     via wi-fi
>     >> (ethernet cable works fine, btw).  This is tested using a Live
>     CD as well
>     >> as the actual install process.  I think the wireless card is an
>     Intel
>     >> n-2230 (but I'm not at home right now so I can't confirm
>     that).  Ubuntu
>     >> sees the NIC, and installs the drivers, etc., but it just won't
>     connect.
>     >> It sees several SSIDs so that much of it is working.  It keeps
>     asking me
>     >> for the wifi password over and over when I try to connect. 
>     I've tried both
>     >> my personal and guest wi-fi, and I even lowered the security on
>     the router
>     >> a little bit to see if that helps.  No change...
>     >>
>     >> So for fun I install Solus OS and it connects fine, but for
>     some reason it
>     >> won't come back from hibernating cleanly so that's it for that
>     distro..
>     >>
>     >> I'm going to try some other distros just to see what I end up
>     with but I
>     >> wanted to vent a little bit in here...  This isn't my main
>     machine so I can
>     >> afford to experiment, but it is getting a little frustrating now...
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
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