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siawacsh
November 11th, 2011, 08:31 PM
Hello, on fresh installation of 11.04 on the panel's network status icon I had the option to "enable wireless". Since I don't use wireless at home I disabled it. But I cannot enable it again. It is permanently grayed out. Can anyone show me how to reactivate this option?

Thanks in advance

Siawacsh

efflandt
November 12th, 2011, 03:02 AM
If using a laptop or other portable computer, make sure that your wireless is actually turned on and not accidentally turned off.

You could try Edit Connections... and try adding a Wireless connection.

Connection name can be whatever you want, but if you enter a specific SSID that is likely case sensitive (proper upper or lower case letters to match exactly).

Note that if you have an ethernet cable connected and enabled, it will default to that and wireless would not be used, even if Enable Wireless is checked.