Cannot connect to some wifi networks.

[Colin Law]

On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 at 11:22, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
wrote:

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

That does seem odd. You said the problem started when you upgraded Ubuntu,
so the requirement to switch off and on wifi at the router seems unusual.

Colin


>
> 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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