Cannot connect to some wifi networks.

[Owen Thomas]

It was the router. I rebooted my PC multiple times before I came here.

Thanks anyway for your offer of help Colin; it indeed appeared merely to be
gremlins in a FRED.

On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 at 20:09, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 at 06:53, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Another person started having similar trouble to me. They turned the wifi
>> off and then on; it didn't work. They called their internet provider, and
>> the provider told them to turn the wifi off, wait for 30 seconds, and turn
>> it back on. That cleared the problem for them and me.
>>
>
> Is that the wifi on the PC or the router that you turned off/on?  If on
> the PC then I would have expected a reboot to have fixed it.
>
> Colin
>
>
>
>>
>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 at 22:27, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 at 10:29, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Dec 23 20:19:38 owen-Latitude-E5570 wpa_supplicant[944]: wlp1s0:
>>> Authentication with 90:72:82:e1:6b:2e timed out.
>>>
>>> Have you tried removing the connection (from network manager) and
>>> reconnecting?  You will have to enter the password again.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
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