Wireless not connecting...

[Robert Heller]

At Tue, 28 May 2019 21:41:24 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On 28/05/2019 21:35, Robert Heller wrote:
> > I just installed 18.04 on an older Hp Laptop.  Everything is working, except
> > (of course!) the WiFi.
> 
> I do this occasionally, so I splashed out €10 on a USB wifi gizmo, which 
> seems to get recognised by anything and everything from Windows XP to 
> Linux Mint 19, and even an old Mac with a broken wifi.

Given that this was a freebie donated to the library, spending money on it is 
conterindicated.  And given the sorts of people using it (don't ask), getting 
a WiFi dongle is probably not going to work.  At this point, connecting the 
CAT6 cable *works* (and requires *no* additional fussing around).  If there is 
some thing I can do (maybe installing firmware or tweaking some iw setting) to 
make the built-in wifi work, great, otherwise it will just not have 
wireless...  (Other "features" of this machine: its battery is permanently 
*dead*.)

> 
> Peter
> 

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