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I have set up a Dell Inspiron 15 / 5000 series with Salix xfce 14.2. I can connect to my iPhone's wifi hotspot, but not to my home router. Totally stumped on this one. Any of you Salix wizards want to help me troubleshoot for old time's sake?
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1) I am entering a WPA-WPA2 Personal Passphrase, which I know is correct because it is how I am connecting to my phone's wifi hotspot. Also, I have tried intentionally entering a bad password, and the behavior is different than when I enter the correct one; I am presented with an opportunity to correct my bad password, rather than simply watching several failed connection attempts.mimosa wrote: ↑23. May 2018, 06:50 Are you entering the correct type of password and encryption, that is, passphrase / hex / WPA / whatever? Click on the bar above where you enter the password to select it. You know you have the actual password right because it works with Puppy ...
Sometimes it does take several goes, especially if connectivity is not good, something may get garbled in transition. How far away are you from the router when you are trying?
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[00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1566
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9850 (rev 40)
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9840
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 156b
00:02.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1439
00:02.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1439
00:02.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1439
00:08.0 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1537
00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 7814 (rev 11)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 39)
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller (rev 39)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller (rev 39)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SMBus Controller (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller (rev 02)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.7 SD Host controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 7813 (rev 01)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1580
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1581
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1582
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1583
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1584
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1585
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 08b3 (rev 83)/code]