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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #15 on: August 02, 2006, 02:43:29 am »
When you get to Atlanta, let me know, and I'll take you out to a dinner of the best of anything you want, except pizza. We have great food here, but sadly little to no great pizza.

Options:
 - Thai
 - Italian
 - Seafood
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 - Bar food
 - Pub food
 - Home cookin'
 - Home cooking
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 - Southwestern
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 - Vegetarian

Hell, I'll even buy.
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #16 on: August 02, 2006, 04:29:19 am »
I had a wireless card that refused to recognize networks for a while.  It would sometimes work fine if I told it the SSID to look for, but it just didn't want to look for them on its own.  You might try putting in the SSID and password manually if you can find a place where they know what those things are.

I tried all kinds of things to get it to work: firmware, new drivers, old drivers, generic drivers, deleting it, uninstalling it, etc.  It just wouldn't go when I punched the buttons.  Eventually I gave up and bought a new card that was capable of wireless-G as well and called it an upgrade.

If the card is an internal one I don't know how easy/cheap a solution that would be.
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #17 on: August 02, 2006, 04:56:42 am »
man, my good friend is going to school in Atlanta (at Emory.)

we have a plan where I'll get a train down to Atlanta, and then we'll drive back home together for Thanksgiving. Although apparently this will take hell of hours?
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #18 on: August 03, 2006, 02:33:30 pm »
Ok, I would like to apply for the stupidest person alive award.  I am sitting in a Best Western parking lot in Evansville IN doing what I had hoped to be doing this entire trip, jacking internet from an unsecured wireless connection.  The problem with my computer, the problem that I was just about to drive hundreds of miles out of my way to get serviced?  The switch was turned off.  That is, there is a switch on the face of the computer to turn off the wireless.  Why there is a switch for this I can't fathom, but there it is.  One small thing in my defense, it doesn't actually say wireless, it's just s squiggly line, but still, I should have noticed it.  When the guy from Fry's suggested I look for a switch, there it was.  turn it on, 30 seconds later I am surfing the web.  God, what a relief.  Anyway, now I can start enjoying my trip.  August, I will be in Louisville in about 2-3 hours.

I'm a dummy, I can't pretend otherwise any longer.  This confirms it. 

Have a lovely day, sorry for the inconvenience.

~Paul
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2006, 02:36:42 pm »
Call me when you get here.
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2006, 02:44:55 pm »
Damn.. sorry I missed you.  Yesterday was just nutty busy.  Maybe next time around.  Looking forward to more paul updates though: FROM THE ROAD!
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2006, 02:59:53 pm »
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2006, 03:30:23 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on August 03, 2006, 02:33:30 pm
One small thing in my defense, it doesn't actually say wireless, it's just s squiggly line, but still, I should have noticed it. 

NOT YOUR FAULT.

Why can't they label things with WORDS?  Do they really think that we'd be using the computer if we were ILLITERATE?
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2006, 03:54:26 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on August 03, 2006, 02:33:30 pm
Ok, I would like to apply for the stupidest person alive award.  I am sitting in a Best Western parking lot in Evansville IN doing what I had hoped to be doing this entire trip, jacking internet from an unsecured wireless connection.  The problem with my computer, the problem that I was just about to drive hundreds of miles out of my way to get serviced?  The switch was turned off.  That is, there is a switch on the face of the computer to turn off the wireless.  Why there is a switch for this I can't fathom, but there it is.

Man, you could have been saved a LOT of trouble if only someone had asked you a few days ago if the wireless was switched on...

Quote from: jough on July 31, 2006, 09:55:20 pm
Also, make sure the radio is turned on.  Most laptops have dedicated buttons to do this.
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2006, 04:33:34 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on August 03, 2006, 02:33:30 pm
That is, there is a switch on the face of the computer to turn off the wireless.  Why there is a switch for this I can't fathom, but there it is.

To save battery power when you're not around/using a network.
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #25 on: August 03, 2006, 05:35:28 pm »
Thank you for your unhelpful and sarcastic answer Jough.  I suppose if you had replied when I asked for clarification I would have had this figured out days ago.

Quote from: pmcd9 on July 31, 2006, 10:00:33 pm
By radio you mean the card for the wireless network?  Yes that is turned on.  It's on, it's just not transmitting, or recieving whichever the case may be.

~Paul
« Last Edit: August 03, 2006, 05:42:00 pm by pmcd9 »
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #26 on: August 03, 2006, 06:45:55 pm »
no, no, we have established that when people want Jough to pee on them, he closes the door and leaves.
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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #27 on: August 03, 2006, 06:50:23 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on August 03, 2006, 05:35:28 pm
Thank you for your unhelpful and sarcastic answer Jough.  I suppose if you had replied when I asked for clarification I would have had this figured out days ago.

Gee, maybe if you didn't reply with the affirmative "By radio you mean the card for the wireless network?  Yes that is turned on.  It's on" I may have not been under the false impression that the radio/card was on, rather than the actual reality of the card being powered off.

I also didn't ask you if the laptop was plugged in or powered up, but next time I will be more careful, because clearly it is my responsibility to make sure that you can get online.

SEE IF I TRY TO HELP YOU NEXT TIME, PIG-FUCKER

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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #28 on: August 03, 2006, 07:15:27 pm »
Holy crap... I think you both missed your nappy times didn't you?  So snippy. 

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Re: No Wireless Network
« Reply #29 on: August 03, 2006, 08:46:08 pm »
Quote from: jough on August 03, 2006, 06:50:23 pm

I also didn't ask you if the laptop was plugged in or powered up, but next time I will be more careful, because clearly it is my responsibility to make sure that you can get online.


But of course.  You have failed us.
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