wireless connectivity

[Chris G]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 09:55:04AM -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 08/26/2010 05:58 AM, Chris G wrote:
> ...
> > I have to agree about the bewildering choices.  When wireless doesn't
> > work (for whatever reason) it's *incredibly* difficult to diagnose
> > what's wrong.
> > 
> > Is there a HowTo anywhere that really walks through the whole WiFi
> > setup because I have looked and found little step by step diagnosis.
> > One can find fixes for specific problems but nothing that says 'step 1
> > - do this', 'if x happens then step 2 - do that' etc.
> > 
> > As it is I haven't a clue what to do in several different cases:-
> > 
> >     1 - Nothing useful seems to happen, even though I know there's a
> >     wireless network in the vicinity.
> > 
> >     2 - It tells me there's a wireless network, I have a 'key' but
> >     haven't a clue what sort of key it is (this is a very common
> >     situation and the network 'owner' very rarely has a clue what to
> >     do) 
> > 
> >     3 - What the 'network' applet in the panel is *supposed* to do, is
> >     this documented anywhere?
> > 
> 
> Perhaps?
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide
> 
Yes, looks useful, thank you.

-- 
Chris Green