[Cialug] WiFi Connection not working

[Tom Pohl]

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.

-Tom

On Oct 30, 2006, at 2:32 PM, Brandon Griffis wrote:

> 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.
>
> -- 
> 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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