[Cialug] WiFi Connection not working

[Brandon Griffis]

Can you ping the google IP and just not google.com, or do you error out on
both?

See what

route

lists are your default gateway.  I'm guessing it should be 10.19.51.1

also see what nameserver you're trying to talk to with

cat /etc/resolv.conf

These should both have been configured by dhcp, but I've seen stranger
things happen.

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.

-G

On 10/30/06, Jim Asbille <jim.asbille at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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  Bcast:10.19.51.255  Mask: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> 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(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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