[Cialug] WiFi Connection not working
Brandon Griffis
brandongriffis at gmail.com
Mon Oct 30 15:03:11 CST 2006
Looks like you don't have a default route or a nameserver. That would
certainly keep you from connecting to anything. This is how mine looks:
goku gamble # route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
loopback goku.xxxxxx.xxx 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
goku gamble # cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.2.1
search Belkin
domain xxxxxx.xxx
What's strange is that your route table knows the network address, but isn't
getting the gateway address. You could try adding a nameserver and default
route of 10.19.51.1 to see if that works. The only other thing I can think
is try re-running dhcpcd. I'm not sure how it works in SuSE. You might
want to see if it's a service in /etc/init.d and restart it there. If you
can't find that you could clear that file and re-run it to see if it
propogates the correct info.
-G
On 10/30/06, Jim Asbille <jim.asbille at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> route
>
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
> Use Iface
> 10.19.51.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0
> 0 0 eth1
> link-local * 255,255,0.0 U
> 0 0 0 eth1
> loopback * 255.0.0.0 U
> 0 0 0 lo
>
> cat /etc/resolv.conf gives me
>
> search site
>
>
> On 10/30/06, Brandon Griffis <brandongriffis at gmail.com> 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.
> > > > >
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