Hi John On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 13:13 +0100, john lewis wrote: > On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:36:54 +0100 > Damian L Brasher <l...@interlinux.org.uk> wrote: > > > That sounds like a good plan. They are quiet and great for a small > > server.
> Well almost the EeePC is fine but the Vaio is running Squeeze and LXDE > and there seems to be no way to search for wireless networks as there > is in Gnome. I have network-manager-gnome installed so get an icon in > the panel showing wlan0 is connected with a good signal but when I try > to connect to the internet get 'network unavailable' > > /etc/network/interfaces has this > > auto wlan0 > iface wlan0 inet dhcp > wpa-ssid my network name > wpa-psk my password > > iwconfig shows ESSID:"my network name" is as set > in /etc/network/interfaces but it looks like wpa-psk is not > the correct config as I'm getting the following from iwconfig > > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx Invalid crypt:0 RX invalid frag:0 > > suggestions please ;-) This line: Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx Invalid crypt:0 RX invalid frag:0 does not necessary mean that wlan connection is not working properly. does #ip addr show an ip address for wlan, inet? If so, what is the ping response to the router from the Vaio? One of the things I sometimes miss is DNS configuration, check /etc/resolv.conf. To search for wireless networks, try #iwlist wlan0 scanning|grep ESSID Hope this gets you part way there... Damian -- Interlinux Engineering Foundation http://www.interlinux.org.uk Central, non-trading, administration, governance and dissemination of foundation intellectual property and know-how. GPG 8A7E551C
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