<div dir="ltr"><div>if config</div><div>wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 94:39:e5:11:b8:84 </div><div> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1</div><div> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</div><div> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</div><div> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 </div><div> RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Carruth, Rusty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Rusty@smartm.com" target="_blank">Rusty@smartm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Well, if wired works and wireless doesn’t, you know that the software on the computer is capable of getting an IP address.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">But the wireless side doesn’t work. Well, what are the things that would cause that? (Try to come up with your own list before looking at mine </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">My ‘list off the top of my head’ is:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">1 – wireless disabled (e.g. by hardware switch or in software configuration) (if there is a switch on your laptop to turn the wireless off, I’d check this first since its trivial. My HP minibook has this kind of switch – drives me crazy when I forget to toggle it back to ‘enabled’…)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">2 – wireless hardware no longer connected to motherboard <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">3 – wireless hardware no longer connected to WiFI antenna (I’d put this as most likely).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">4 – wireless hardware damaged by trip to repair shop (unlikely, but possible)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Stephen asks some good questions for diagnosing things… Also, what does ‘ifconfig’ say?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Havens<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> Main PLUG discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: not getting ip address<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Can get an ip with an ethernet. Now what?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">:-)~MIKE~(-:<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Stephen M <<a href="mailto:smelheim85@gmail.com" target="_blank">smelheim85@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Michael,<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I've heard in the past that when people fix the keyboard in a laptop. That sometimes that can knock off the wireless adapter <br>by accident. Have you tried by an Ethernet cable?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Michael Havens <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I just got my laptop back from the repair shop and it isn't getting an ip address. It was in the shop because the keyboard needed replacing. Can you help me figure out why it isn't getting the address?<br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">:-)~MIKE~(-:<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br><a href="http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888"><br><br clear="all"><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Stephen Melheim </span><br><span><a href="tel:602-400-7707" target="_blank">602-400-7707</a></span><br><span><a href="mailto:SMelheim85@gmail.com" target="_blank">SMelheim85@gmail.com</a> </span></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br><a href="http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>
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