[Cialug] WiFi Connection not working

[Nathan C. Smith]

maybe type nslookup and see what the default server comes up as.  Try doing
a few lookups on that server.
 
-Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Asbille [mailto:jim.asbille at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 2:14 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] WiFi Connection not working


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.  
 
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 
 
****dhcpcd: already running
****dhcpcd: if not then delete /var/run//dhcpcd_eth1.pid file
ifconfig gives
 
Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:08:02:F6:0E:FE
inet addr:10.19.51.109 <http://10.19.51.109>   Bcast:10.19.51.255
<http://10.19.51.255>   Mask:255.255.255.0 <http://255.255.255.0> 
inet6 addr: fe80::208:2ff:fef6:efe/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:122 errors:0 dropped:0  overruns:0  frame:0
TX packets:108  errors:0  dropped:0  overruns:0  carrier:0
collisions:0  txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:21931  (21.4 kb) TX bytes:14927 (14.5 Kb)

 
On 10/30/06, Brandon Griffis <brandongriffis at gmail.com
<mailto:brandongriffis at gmail.com> > wrote: 

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
<http://64.233.187.99/>  (google)?  Can you ping google.com
<http://google.com/> ?

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

-G


On 10/30/06, Jim Asbille <  <mailto:jim.asbille at gmail.com>
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.

-- 
Jim Asbille, MSM
registered Linux user number 388067

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. 
Buddha 

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