Wireless not connecting...

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 31 May 2019 15:21:53 -0400 (EDT) Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

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> At Fri, 31 May 2019 14:17:54 +0200 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
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> > 
> > On Fri, 31 May 2019 at 13:52, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Network install using Ethernet / PXE.  The hardwired NIC is working just fine
> > > (also a Realtex chip).
> > 
> > Wow. OK. The last time I set that kind of thing up, it was to install
> > Red Hat Linux 4.x onto a SPARCstation!
> > 
> > But if you're happy with it, then netboot Mint or Fedora or something,
> > just to see if Wifi works.
> 
> OK, I just booted Mint 19.1 -- *same exact* behavior.  Right now, I am dd'ing 
> Ubuntu 19.04 to a thumb drive, just to see if that makes any difference...

And the same for Ubuntu 19.04...  The behavior is too much like trying to 
connect to a too far distant AP -- close enough to see the SSID, but not 
close enough to make a solid connection, *except* iwconfig is showing a good 
signal.  Something is definately weird here.  

Given that the machine's battery is kaput (and thus it must be tethered to its 
power brick), being tethered to an Ethernet cord is probably not a serious 
problem.  And of course it is still usable to edit documents residing on thumb 
drives.

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