[PLUG] Laptop wireless problem - resolved

[Nat Taylor]

I think it could be a DHCP issue.  Like the router didn’t keep the
connection alive but wouldn’t give out a new one because it wasn’t all the
way dead.  You might try kicking the laptop off thru the routers webadmin,
then trying to reconnect next time.  I’m sure there is a more technical way
to put this but I’ve had it happen before...

On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 12:53 PM Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
wrote:

> I have a laptop with an intel radio that very occasionally just decides to
> stop working. I'm able to recover without rebooting by rmmod'ing a few
> related modules and then modprobe'ing them again. But if you had to reboot
> the access point to recover, then that's probably not your problem.
>
> On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 8:25 AM Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Well, Russell, you were right.
> > I had already recycled my laptop to no effect.  And since the wireless
> was
> > available to my phone, I thought that the router could not be the issue,
> > but for completeness I power cycled it this morning.  Solved the problem.
> > So where do you suspect the confused driver resides?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> > -Denis
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 2:29 PM Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Drivers can get confused. The easy thing to try is to reboot.
> > > Unloading/reloading the module is less extreme. Rebooting the router is
> > > another thing to try.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 2:24 PM Denis Heidtmann <
> > denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > As of this morning my Lenovo X240 will not connect to my wireless.
> It
> > > > cycles between "connecting" and "disconnected".  The signal strength
> > is
> > > > shown as "excellent".  The modem lists my laptop as connected.  My
> > phone
> > > > seems to connect fine.
> > > >
> > > > I am completely ignorant of what to check nor what to look for.  A
> > > clueless
> > > > person needs help.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > -Denis
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