Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes
One more thing to check actually, because this caught me out before, do you have another device on your LAN that might be running a DHCP server, like a NAS drive? On 18 January 2011 18:35, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: On 17 January 2011 13:41, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Liam, Ive seen some odd behaviour with Ubuntu on a Toshiba laptop, not sure what hardware, but I set the wireless connection to use a static IP and the owner says that they havent had hardly any connection drops. I think some drivers have a problem with DHCP sync with some routers. Im sorry its not very specific, but my point is, sometimes its worth trying static IP to rule out DHCP issues. -Mark Hi mark, I think it must be a problem with my router settings rather than the chipset. The reason i say that is because a friend popped round the other day with his Acer aspire ZG8 netbook, and although he was able to establish a connection, he wasn't able to send or recieve any data until the router was - like before - switched off and on again. I'll look into it, anyway. Thanks! -- Liam Wilson On 16 January 2011 00:41, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Well I managed ti fix it by turning the router off then on again, that worked somehow, but yeah, they are all runing 10.10. Thanks for the reply though, DaveG! :) On 13 January 2011 23:53, da...@boavon.plus.com wrote: Hi all; I have a Desktop PC here running Ubuntu 10.10, and I'm trying to connect to my Wireless internet connection through a Nintendo Wifi USB connector (A re-branded Buffalo/Ralink rt2500 chipset). I know you can connect to wireless networks with it, because I've given it to other people to use as one, and they've done it just fine. When I plug it into my desktop and turn it on, I click on the network icon in the panel, and I can see all of the available wireless networks, so I click on mine and i get the whole enter the password stuff. Then, when it attempts to connect to the network, the icon gets to the '2nd stage' (Where instead of going up and down, it goes just up), and then disconnects. Any idea what this could be so I can at least try to fix it? I've searched on google and such, and there doesn't seem to be this problem... P.s: I've also tried the connector in other Ubuntu-powered PC's, and get the same result... Thanks! -- Liam Wilson You dont say whether every instance of your trying is using the same update of Ubuntu - 10.10 but I'm guessing it may be. It may be worth a shot disabling the current network manager and trying wicd insead. I have just found it more accepting to various networks, connectors and routers. You dont have a lot to lose by trying. DaveG -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes
Well I managed ti fix it by turning the router off then on again, that worked somehow, but yeah, they are all runing 10.10. Thanks for the reply though, DaveG! :) On 13 January 2011 23:53, da...@boavon.plus.com wrote: Hi all; I have a Desktop PC here running Ubuntu 10.10, and I'm trying to connect to my Wireless internet connection through a Nintendo Wifi USB connector (A re-branded Buffalo/Ralink rt2500 chipset). I know you can connect to wireless networks with it, because I've given it to other people to use as one, and they've done it just fine. When I plug it into my desktop and turn it on, I click on the network icon in the panel, and I can see all of the available wireless networks, so I click on mine and i get the whole enter the password stuff. Then, when it attempts to connect to the network, the icon gets to the '2nd stage' (Where instead of going up and down, it goes just up), and then disconnects. Any idea what this could be so I can at least try to fix it? I've searched on google and such, and there doesn't seem to be this problem... P.s: I've also tried the connector in other Ubuntu-powered PC's, and get the same result... Thanks! -- Liam Wilson You dont say whether every instance of your trying is using the same update of Ubuntu - 10.10 but I'm guessing it may be. It may be worth a shot disabling the current network manager and trying wicd insead. I have just found it more accepting to various networks, connectors and routers. You dont have a lot to lose by trying. DaveG -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes
Hi all; I have a Desktop PC here running Ubuntu 10.10, and I'm trying to connect to my Wireless internet connection through a Nintendo Wifi USB connector (A re-branded Buffalo/Ralink rt2500 chipset). I know you can connect to wireless networks with it, because I've given it to other people to use as one, and they've done it just fine. When I plug it into my desktop and turn it on, I click on the network icon in the panel, and I can see all of the available wireless networks, so I click on mine and i get the whole enter the password stuff. Then, when it attempts to connect to the network, the icon gets to the '2nd stage' (Where instead of going up and down, it goes just up), and then disconnects. Any idea what this could be so I can at least try to fix it? I've searched on google and such, and there doesn't seem to be this problem... P.s: I've also tried the connector in other Ubuntu-powered PC's, and get the same result... Thanks! -- Liam Wilson You dont say whether every instance of your trying is using the same update of Ubuntu - 10.10 but I'm guessing it may be. It may be worth a shot disabling the current network manager and trying wicd insead. I have just found it more accepting to various networks, connectors and routers. You dont have a lot to lose by trying. DaveG -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes
Hi all; I have a Desktop PC here running Ubuntu 10.10, and I'm trying to connect to my Wireless internet connection through a Nintendo Wifi USB connector (A re-branded Buffalo/Ralink rt2500 chipset). I know you can connect to wireless networks with it, because I've given it to other people to use as one, and they've done it just fine. When I plug it into my desktop and turn it on, I click on the network icon in the panel, and I can see all of the available wireless networks, so I click on mine and i get the whole enter the password stuff. Then, when it attempts to connect to the network, the icon gets to the '2nd stage' (Where instead of going up and down, it goes just up), and then disconnects. Any idea what this could be so I can at least try to fix it? I've searched on google and such, and there doesn't seem to be this problem... P.s: I've also tried the connector in other Ubuntu-powered PC's, and get the same result... Thanks! -- Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
