<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'd open a web browser and see if they're running a captive portal that asks that you agree to terms of service, etc before allowing you to access the outside world. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-Tom</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 30, 2006, at 2:32 PM, Brandon Griffis wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Can you ping the google IP and just not <A href="http://google.com">google.com</A>, or do you error out on both?<BR><BR>See what<BR><BR>route<BR><BR>lists are your default gateway. I'm guessing it should be <A href="http://10.19.51.1"> 10.19.51.1</A><BR><BR>also see what nameserver you're trying to talk to with<BR><BR>cat /etc/resolv.conf<BR><BR>These should both have been configured by dhcp, but I've seen stranger things happen.<BR><BR>It looks like your device is configured primarially as IPv6 with some kind of IPv4 translation. Not sure if this could be part of the problem either. <BR><BR>-G<BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 10/30/06, <B class="gmail_sendername">Jim Asbille</B> <<A href="mailto:jim.asbille@gmail.com">jim.asbille@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <DIV>The library is open and it does broadcast the ESSID. iwconfig indicates the correct ESSID. I can ping the Local IP successfully but when I ping Google the network cannot be found. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The W200 uses the Orinoco_cs driver, I had a heck of a time finding it but I can see my wireless card now on ifconfig and it is assigned to eth1. When I type in dhcpcd eth1 I get </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>****dhcpcd: already running</DIV> <DIV>****dhcpcd: if not then delete /var/run//dhcpcd_eth1.pid file</DIV> <DIV>ifconfig gives</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:02:F6:0E:FE</DIV> <DIV>inet addr:<A href="http://10.19.51.109" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">10.19.51.109</A> Bcast:<A href="http://10.19.51.255" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 10.19.51.255</A> Mask:<A href="http://255.255.255.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">255.255.255.0</A></DIV> <DIV>inet6 addr: fe80::208:2ff:fef6:efe/64 Scope:Link</DIV> <DIV>UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1</DIV> <DIV>RX packets:122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</DIV> <DIV>TX packets:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</DIV> <DIV>collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000</DIV> <DIV>RX bytes:21931 (21.4 kb) TX bytes:14927 (14.5 Kb)<BR><BR> </DIV><DIV><SPAN class="e" id="q_10e9adba9dfa16e3_1"> <DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 10/30/06, <B class="gmail_sendername">Brandon Griffis</B> <<A href="mailto:brandongriffis@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">brandongriffis@gmail.com </A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">How does the Central Library manage their wifi? Is it open or encrypted? Does it broadcast ESSID? <BR><BR> To clairify your email seems to say at one point you have an IP address that looks correct, but then you go on to say that it cannot find any wireless networks. If you can't find the network how are you getting an IP address (is it statically assigned, or am I confused on this part)? <BR><BR>I'm not directly familiar with the WLAN W200 card. Does it have native Linux support or are you using NDISwrapper? If you do an iwconfig does it see the card? Does iwconfig list the correct essid for the library network? If iwconfig looks correct, does ifconfig list an ip address, dns, gateway... If not have you tried (as root) doing: <BR><BR>dhcpcd <wireless adapter><BR><BR>To see if you can get an address?<BR><BR>If you can get an ip address can you ping internal/external ip addresses? Can you ping the gateway? Can you ping <A href="http://64.233.187.99/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 64.233.187.99</A> (google)? Can you ping <A href="http://google.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">google.com</A>?<BR><BR>Sry for 101 questions. Just trying to narrow down what the problem might be. <BR><SPAN><BR>-G<BR><BR></SPAN> <DIV> <DIV><SPAN><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 10/30/06, <B class="gmail_sendername">Jim Asbille</B> <<A href="mailto:jim.asbille@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> jim.asbille@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <DIV><SPAN> <DIV>I have a Compaq Evo N800c laptop with Suse 10 loaded. I have been able to get the WLAN W200 wireless card working and am at the Central Library trying to make a connection. KwifiManager sees the network and correctly identifies it. I am comparing using a Gateway laptop with Windows XP that is successfully on the internet. The Access point seems correct and the Local IP is correct but when I start a browser the page cannot be found. On Kwifimanager I click Scan for Networks and it says "The scan is complete, but no networks have been found. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Help, any ideas? I am so close to having this working but I am dumbfounded by this.<BR clear="all"><BR>-- <BR>Jim Asbille, MSM<BR>registered Linux user number 388067<BR><BR>Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. <BR>Buddha </DIV></SPAN></DIV><SPAN><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Cialug mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> Cialug@cialug.org</A><BR><A href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</A><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE> </DIV><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Cialug mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Cialug@cialug.org</A><BR><A href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</A><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear="all"><BR>-- <BR>Jim Asbille, MSM<BR>registered Linux user number 388067<BR><BR>Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. <BR>Buddha </SPAN></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Cialug mailing list<BR><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org">Cialug@cialug.org</A><BR><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug" target="_blank"> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</A><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cialug mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org">Cialug@cialug.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>