Laptop network works intermittently

[David Fletcher]

On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 09:50 -0400, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> I have an HP NW9440 laptop running Xubuntu 12.04 that is having an
> interesting issue with its wireless connections.
> 
> Example: I'm on vacation in Michigan at my sister's house, and last
> night I powered on the laptop and it found the house wireless network
> without any trouble and connected through it.
> 
> This morning, the same password for the network is not working and the
> laptop can't seem to make the connection.
> 
> MR
> 

Sounds like a familiar sort of problem.

What brand of chip does the wireless network card have?

Dave