alianco
December 11th, 2019, 10:21 AM
Hi,
Since loading 18.04 on my Dell Inspiron laptop the wifi connection to my home router has been very erratic. Whenever it lost the connection I would test the connection with my tablet which would invariably work (not always, I do sometimes have a problem with the landline internet here in France). I have been using 14.04 for the last year and only ever had problems when the router itself would cut out for a few seconds. Again, I used to test this with my tablet to make sure it wasn't the computer running 14.04.
When I lose the connection now the wifi symbol changes to a question mark. Since my tablet works I assume this means that the computer isn't recognising the signal from the router. To make it more confusing I just tried to tether my phone to my laptop, again something I did often with 14.04 with no problems, and though this time I got the wifi symbol, it still wouldn't connect to the internet.
I previously asked another couple of questions, but someone merged them with some earlier questions of mine far down the list so they have disappeared. Maybe I should ask them one at a time when I have sorted out the wifi.
Thanks for any help.
Since loading 18.04 on my Dell Inspiron laptop the wifi connection to my home router has been very erratic. Whenever it lost the connection I would test the connection with my tablet which would invariably work (not always, I do sometimes have a problem with the landline internet here in France). I have been using 14.04 for the last year and only ever had problems when the router itself would cut out for a few seconds. Again, I used to test this with my tablet to make sure it wasn't the computer running 14.04.
When I lose the connection now the wifi symbol changes to a question mark. Since my tablet works I assume this means that the computer isn't recognising the signal from the router. To make it more confusing I just tried to tether my phone to my laptop, again something I did often with 14.04 with no problems, and though this time I got the wifi symbol, it still wouldn't connect to the internet.
I previously asked another couple of questions, but someone merged them with some earlier questions of mine far down the list so they have disappeared. Maybe I should ask them one at a time when I have sorted out the wifi.
Thanks for any help.