Switching between wired and wireless connection (E1505N)

I was using my wired network connection on my E1505N laptop and I went to hibernate mode. When my laptop is on again, I'm in a different location with a wireless network but no wired network. However, Ubuntu is still stuck in the wired network and I couldn't figure out how to switch to the wireless network. Right-clicking on the networking icon doesn't give me the option to enable wireless networking. I tried restarting my laptop, turning it off and on again, etc, but it's not working! Help!

Message Edited by secret901 on 07-15-2007 11:01 PM

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kevinf311

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July 16th, 2007 02:00

On my E1505N the wireless module likes to go funky with hibernate or shutdown.

Open up a terminal (Applications>>Accessories>>Terminal if you don't know) and type in:

sudo modprobe -r ipw3945 (hit enter)
(type in your password, enter)
sudo modprobe ipw3945 (hit enter)

That should reload the wireless module.

S

secret901

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July 16th, 2007 03:00

Thanks, but it didn't work. I called Dell Support. They were able to resolve the issue. It turns out wireless got turned off when it went to hibernation mode. I had to press the Fn+F2 keys for wireless to be up and running again.

Message Edited by secret901 on 07-16-2007 12:08 AM

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