[Cialug] laptop wifi

[chris rheinherren]

i was wondering if there was any kind of a work around that didn't involve
upgrading. since i am using the LTS version, i would prefer to keep using
that version and only upgrade every few years instead of every 6 months.



On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 22:31, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Feb 2012, chris rheinherren wrote:
>
> > i have a perplexing problem with my latop.
> >
> > i an running ubuntu 10.04 LTS. i can connect to my home network just
> fine.
> > but i am unable to connect to any other wifi connection. even ones that
> are
> > completely open, such as those public networks at coffee shops and the
> > like. the computer will see the wifi connection but we asked to connect
> to
> > it. it does not.
> >
> Had the same problem with a Broadcom chipset - the unit would connect all
> day long to a secure AP, but it refused to connect to a unsecure AP
> without REBOOTING!!
>
> Get yourself an upgrade; 11.10 works fine in my case.
>
>        Lee
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