router

[Stephen M. Webb]

On 07/20/2012 06:44 PM, raymond house wrote:
> Hello everyone, I'm adding a router for the first time, a D-Link, DIR 601 and I'm getting nowhere with the installation
> manual.The installation is ok but the computer doesn't connect to the net when I unplug the wired connection.It's
> probably a very simple thing to fix but I don't have the expertise. I think it has to do with the "edit connections" but
> I don't know how to configure it. Any help will be very appreciated.

Make sure that your computer is not in airplane mode (usually a physical switch on a laptop) and that "Enable Wireless"
is checked in the networking, uh, drop-down thingy.

I have found that sometimes if either airplane mode has been set or wireless mode disabled in the menu, I need to reboot
my machine to get wireless working again.  Others' experience may differ.

Once you have wireless working, it should detect any nearby nodes automatically and display their SSID as an option in
the drop-down thingy.  You can just click on it, enter the password if necessary, and hey presto magic you're in.

If your router has 'broadcast SSID' disabled you'll need to use the "Connect to hidden network" option.  I don't ever
use that, so I can;t help much.


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Stephen M. Webb  <stephen.webb at canonical.com>