So I had just gotten to my Grandma's house and booted up my laptop. Her wireless is setup with broadcast ssid, mac address filtering, and no encryption. (don't bug me about this, it's the best I could do to keep a squeezebox working) I logged into her router, and added my mac address to the allowed list and pulled up the list of wireless networks on my laptop. I noted that her network, and an additional encrypted one (neighbor) showed up on the list. I selected her network, and connected without a problem.<br>
<br>Shortly thereafter, I closed my laptop's lid. A minute or two later, I opened it again, but it didn't reconnect to wireless as it usually does. Instead, no wireless networks showed up whatsoever. I tried rebooting the computer multiple times, and reinstalling the broadcom driver, but I still can't get wireless to connect at all. It won't show the list of available networks, nor will it connect if you enter the ssid manually. (It appears to try though) The wired connection works fine though.<br>
<br>I know that I didn't accidentally disable the wireless card, because it clearly says when I do. I also don't believe that it's a problem with her router, because the squeezebox still works, and the neighbors connection should still be showing up anyway.<br>
<br>I'm not sure if this is a hardware failure, but that is unlikely as this laptop is about a week old. I have a Dell Studio 14z (1440) running Ubuntu 10.04.<br><br>-Ivan<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Wake up and smell the ashes.<br>