[PLUG] Wireless laptop problem..
Charles Sliger
chaz at bctonline.com
Thu Oct 13 02:54:20 UTC 2005
Is your dhcp client running ? (/sbin/dhclient)
I'm running Ubuntu and when I need to connect to a wifi hotspot, I have to
start dhclient manually. Haven't bothered to track down why it isn't
started automatically when eth0 is disconnected...
-chaz
Charles L. Sliger, Information Systems Engineer, chaz at bctonline.com
"no matter where you go, there you are..."
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org
[mailto:plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Vram
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 7:20 PM
To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Wireless laptop problem..
On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 21:12 -0700, Jason R. Martin wrote:
> On 10/10/05, Vram <lamsokvr at xprt.net> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Just installed a wireless card on my laptop..
> >
> > Also, a WAP to go with it...
> >
> > I hate doing two new things at the same time..
> >
> >
> > Any way..
> >
> > I am using a Linksys Wireless-B Broadband router.
> >
> > I will assume it is working well...
> >
> > I am using one of the ethernet ports on the router and it is doing NAT
> > and my desktop computer can get out.... So I feel/know that part is
> > working correct. I configured the SSID with a name and selected a
> > channel (6)..
> >
> >
> > The laptop is running a Prism 1 card..
> >
> > And it is detected and loads Orinoco drivers.
> > I have an ethernet card that I can run in the laptop so I know it loads
> > PCMCIA drivers also...
> >
> > Well, Turn everything on and I don't get a wireless link... No ip
> > address on the laptop.. It thinks it is up but, no IP..
> >
> > What would be my next trouble shooting step......
> >
> > I am running ubuntu 5.04 if that makes a difference..
>
> Did you set the ESSID on the laptop as well? /sbin/iwconfig will do
> it for testing, I'm not sure how permanent configuration works on
> Ubuntu.
>
> Jason
Thank you
I did do that...
And when I did that I noticed the card was at 2.437MHz
So had to go back and change the WAP. I had that on 2.44 MH
Didn't change anything .
Still doesn't connect.
So it must be something different...
Thanks again
Vram
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