[Cialug] WiFi Connection not working

[Brandon Griffis]

How does the Central Library manage their wifi?  Is it open or encrypted?
Does it broadcast ESSID?

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)?

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:

dhcpcd <wireless adapter>

To see if you can get an address?

If you can get an ip address can you ping internal/external ip addresses?
Can you ping the gateway?  Can you ping 64.233.187.99 (google)?  Can you
ping google.com?

Sry for 101 questions.  Just trying to narrow down what the problem might
be.

-G

On 10/30/06, Jim Asbille <jim.asbille at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Help, any ideas?  I am so close to having this working but I am
> dumbfounded by this.
>
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> Jim Asbille, MSM
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