----- Original Message ---- From: Ian Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mandriva <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2007 3:23:11 AM Subject: [newbie] Strange wireless behaviour
Hi all Had Mandriva 2007 for a while now and an extremely happy with it. I've put it on a Dell C640 that I picked up on Freecycle. It didn't have a hard drive so it gave me a chance to start with a pristine drive! I tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Suse but came back to Mandriva because everything just worked!! My problem is that my wireless (built in Dell pci thingy) works straight away at home alongside my iBook G4 which is my main computer. When I go to my partner's house the Mandriva machine cannot even *see* her wireless network but my iBook switches to it without a hitch What is causing this? I've tried allsorts of password/security options even turning off the encryption altogether but nothing I'm obviously doing something wrong but as soon as I walk back through my front door the Linux machine will see my network Help!! TIA Ian ----cjs reply---- sometimes there are networks out there that have no SSID's. these are typically wireless routers. sometimes you will find them amoung home networks if the owner of the wireless connection is really good about securing. Alot of the time, a standard wireless network detector wont detect a whole lot of secured networks, but some do. (alot of 3rd party ones do). what program are you using for your wireless card? ----end of reply---- -- web.mac.com/ianmoff Find a Better Way of Life at marillion.com Do your ears a favour with radioparadise.com ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
