Wireless not connecting...

[Grizzly]

28 May 2019  at 17:52, Robert Heller wrote:
Re: Wireless not connecting... (at least in part)

>At Tue, 28 May 2019 22:04:50 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> 
>> On Tue, 28 May 2019 at 21:38, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I just installed 18.04 on an older Hp Laptop.  Everything is working, except
>> > (of course!) the WiFi.
>> 
>> Have you done a full update/upgrade and checked if there are any
>> additional drivers to install? (Software & Updates > Additional
>> Drivers).
>> Also check that the mother board BIOS is the latest.
>
>I did a fresh install from and up-to-date mirror of the repo.  I *presume* 
>that is pretty much fully up-to-date.  I did not check for Additional drivers.
>
>Note: the O/S sees the adapter and the adapter sees the wireless AP and in 
>fact the adapter is talking to the wireless AP and the wireless AP is logging 
>its connections...  This is rather strange.  My usual experience with WiFi is 
>that either the board is not seen at all.  Or possibly the board does not see 
>any SSIDs.

IP number mismatch maybe, I see this "when" I take my 18.04 (fixed IP) net book 
to a friends house