[Year 12 IT Apps] Losing wireless connection in to 'Edupass'(Offtopic)

[Mark Kelly]

Sounds like a local WLAN issue.  We don't have the rebooting thing here.

Meadows, Roslyn M wrote:
> Hi Mark
> 
>  
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> I am using my own laptop - a new Compaq Presario B1900
> 
> It has been set up for the network and I can get onto the wireless 
> system but only after a reboot.
> 
> It happens to other staff who are using DE&T notebooks also. When I 
> spoke to our tech about it he told me it was a common problem and I 
> would just have to reboot. It works for others perfectly.
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>  
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> Thanks
> 
> Ros
> 
>  
> 
> *Roslyn Meadows | Information Technology | Bentleigh Secondary College | 
> meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au | ph 03 9579 1044 | mobile 0412 614 062*
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>  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 February 2007 10:26 AM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Losing wireless connection in to 
> 'Edupass'(Offtopic)
> 
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> 
> Hi Ros.  Is it happening to other people, or just you?  What sort of
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> laptop are you using?
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> Meadows, Roslyn M wrote:
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>>  Hello all
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>>  This is really Offtopic but I thought more suggestions might come from
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>>  this list.
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>>  Now that I am back in the state system I have a new notebook and every
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>>  time I close the lid or it goes into hibernation or standby it loses
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>>  connection to the edupass wireless, and I have to reboot to be able to
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>>  reconnect. Consequently I end up rebooting countless times each day and
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>>  the waiting is driving me bonkers!!!
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>>
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>>  It seems that this happens to a large number of staff in our school. We
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>>  are not provided with any way to physically plug into the LAN and are
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>>  expected to use the wireless.
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>>  Does anyone know of a fix or patch that can overcome this problem? Any
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>>  ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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>>  Thanks J
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>>  Ros
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>>  **Roslyn Meadows | Information Technology | Bentleigh Secondary College
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>>  | ****meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au**
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