Re: ***SPAM*** Model??

Hi!

which model?


Am 03.08.2019 um 21:48 schrieb Beartooth:
> 	My Lenovo Thinkpad (probably a 2017 or 2018 model), running 
> Fedora Linux 30, is having connection problems -- and I don't know where 
> to find its designation so that I can ask more specifically. Where would 
> that info be? (Maybe I'm looking right at it and don't know I am.)
>
> 	In case this problem is known to be common on more than one 
> model, here's a stab. At first it did just fine. Then it stopped, saying 
> "Disconnected," and kept saying that, regardless what wifi I tried to get 
> it to use. (There is one LAN, hidden, which I set up years ago, with a 
> password. There are two whose names match defaults on my router; I tried 
> both. There is one calling itself "xfinity wifi," which could be mine, 
> inasmuch as I get my Net access from Comcast, which calls itself by that 
> name.)
>
> 	I moved the ethernet cable from the router to another machine 
> (which was connecting just fine, and is again) and plugged it into the 
> Thinkpad. No joy. I tried again to get it to connect wirelessly: no joy. 
>
> 	I swapped it with an oldish netbook, putting it where that had 
> been (and had connected normally to wifi). The netbook is still 
> connecting, wirelessly, to my wifi from the Thinkpad's old position, and 
> the Thinkpad is still failing from the netbook's old position.
>
> 	What I know of hardware would go into a gnat's eye, and not 
> inconvenience the gnat. I suspect what I'm seeing is a hardware problem, 
> and I should just take it to the shop. Is that so? Or could I have 
> stumbled into some misconfiguration? Or do I need to provide specifics as 
> to the machine, and how do I find them?

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