[PLUG] Why Laptop Cannot Find Wireless Networks

[Bill Barry]

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

>   This happened in the past with both Toshiba and Sony notebooks, and today
> with the Dell Latitude E4510 laptop: my wireless network sniffer shows a
> strong signal (3-4 of 4 lights on) yet wicd-client cannot find a wireless
> network for connection. This was at Providence Med. Center in NE Portland.
>
>   What might cause wicd to not find a network when the signal strength is
> strong?
>
>
The hardware wifi might be off. I think that is Fn + F2 on the Dell Latitude
keyboard

Bill