<div dir="ltr"><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, for the tips, though, they were interesting.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 August 2018 at 23:18, Bob Jonkman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com" target="_blank">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Speculation on my part, but I think the problem may have something to do<br>
with the WPA2 handshake vulnerability from 2017 (or rather, the fix for it):<br>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/mYtvjijATa4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/mYtvjijATa4</a><br>
Krack Attacks (WiFi WPA2 Vulnerability) - Computerphile<br>
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On 2018-08-23 11:12 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:<br>
> Hi Cranky: I assume you're using NetworkManager. Try adding a connection<br>
> for your access point manually, first with "Automatically Connect" off.<br>
> Then you'll be able to pick that connection from the list and all the<br>
> settings are already there. If it works, then you can change<br>
> "Automatically Connect" to "On".<br>
> <br>
> I've been having the same problem with Ubuntu 16.04 since about 16.04.3<br>
> or so... Annoying, but less annoying than re-installing the OS.<br>
> <br>
> --Bob.<br>
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> On 2018-08-23 02:31 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:<br>
>> If some of you recall, I was unable to get the wi-fi working on my laptop<br>
>> after installing Ubuntu 18.04. It works fine with any Fedora derivative<br>
>> distro, however. Well, after 18.04.01 came out I thought I'd try my luck<br>
>> again but still no-go. I can not connect to my home network via wi-fi<br>
>> (ethernet cable works fine, btw). This is tested using a Live CD as well<br>
>> as the actual install process. I think the wireless card is an Intel<br>
>> n-2230 (but I'm not at home right now so I can't confirm that). Ubuntu<br>
>> sees the NIC, and installs the drivers, etc., but it just won't connect.<br>
>> It sees several SSIDs so that much of it is working. It keeps asking me<br>
>> for the wifi password over and over when I try to connect. I've tried both<br>
>> my personal and guest wi-fi, and I even lowered the security on the router<br>
>> a little bit to see if that helps. No change...<br>
>><br>
>> So for fun I install Solus OS and it connects fine, but for some reason it<br>
>> won't come back from hibernating cleanly so that's it for that distro..<br>
>><br>
>> I'm going to try some other distros just to see what I end up with but I<br>
>> wanted to vent a little bit in here... This isn't my main machine so I can<br>
>> afford to experiment, but it is getting a little frustrating now...<br>
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