On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:15:04 +0100 Damian L Brasher <l...@interlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> 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 Hi Damian I've had to pass that laptop over to my wife as her XP based laptop has decided it will no longer boot into windows! However it (an old Compaq N160) is working perfectly well with Debian Squeeze on it, but it will only work with a wired connection as it doesn't recognise cardbus PCMCIA cards. The vaio I was working on earlier was dual booting with XP and finds the wireless network jut fine under that OS. So I modded grub3 so as to boot by default into XP and passed it over to her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I had checked /etc/resolv.conf (managed by resolvconf) and that correctly has the Zen DNS servers I use on all my systems so not a problem in that respect. I am pretty sure it was getting an IP address correctly and I could in fact ping 192.168.1.1, the address of the router, just unable to 'ping 212.23.6.100' my usual check for access to the web. I was about to install wpa_supplicant and wpagui when my wife's laptop had its hissy fit following an update and refused to run XP, so I'll have to wait until she isn't using the vaio I have now passed over to her before I can have another play at getting Debian to connect wirelessly. I will try the iwlist command you mention as reading man pages had thrown up that command but I hadn't got around to using it, but I was hoping that wpagui would allow me to search for the wireless network and configure the Essid and password as I have done on the EeePC on several different wireless networks. The Vaio is running LXDE as I wanted to try out alternatives to Gnome 3 before it is forced on Debian users. The main problem with LXDE is that it lacks the bells and whistles of Gome 2 so far as configuration apps are concerned and I was seriously considering going back to XFCE (following in the footsteps of one Linus Torvalds as it happens.) -- John Lewis using Debian sid -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
