* Basil Chupin
Thanks Billie but yes the switch is on. If the switch is off then the "radio mast" 'icon' just below the screen is not lit. But there is another way of switching the wifi on/off apparently by using the combo of FN+F5 keys but even this hasn't got things going.
Damn annoying because it was working perfectly the night before, and my wife's el cheapo tablet connects in less than a second or two to the modem/router but this tank........
The laptop came with Windows 8 pre-installed and that is showing that the wifi device is working OK (but even in W8 I cannot get a connection!) I have never had any love for wifi stuff and this isn't helping me to overcome my suspicion of wifi :-) .
*since* you are unable to connect in w8 nor openSUSE, after being able and making no changes, the problem is *probably* of a mechanical nature. Can you see other wireless signals? Have you tried windoz trouble-shooting routines? Have you contacted the vendor or their help-desk remembering not to mention linux in any way? -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org