Hi all, In some airports, and today at a university I've failed to join "unsecured" networks.
I've been using wicd-gtk. The failure takes the form of a time-out during the get IP address stage. I had a look at /var/log/wicd/wicd.log. 2014/08/05 09:51:29 :: Connecting to wireless network Foo-University 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Putting interface down 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Setting false IP... 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Flushing the routing table... 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Putting interface up... 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: Running DHCP with hostname sprite 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: dhcpcd[4463]: version 6.0.5 starting 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: dhcpcd[4466]: wlan1: starting wpa_supplicant 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: 2014/08/05 09:51:33 :: dhcpcd[4463]: wlan1: waiting for carrier 2014/08/05 09:51:33 :: 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: dhcpcd[4463]: timed out 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: DHCP connection failed 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: exiting connection thread 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed I believe these networks expect some user interaction. For example, for the Foo-University network, I was told to use my email address as the password. However, using wicd, there is no opportunity to even enter a password. At Phoenix airport, I heard an announcement that I could use internet via Boingo hotspot. The wicd-gtk listing showed the network as "unsecured". I expected to get an IP address, then, in the browser, a page asking for money before I can continue. I didn't get this, just the failure to get an IP address. The wicd.log file shows the same pattern as above. I'd appreciate any hints!! Kind regards, Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140806025441.GA1546@sprite