Re: Fix for topic: "Connected wireless once using WPA, cannot connect again"

2007-01-15 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 17:11 -0500, Russell Harrison wrote: > > > On 1/10/07, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not entirely true; if you don't broadcast your SSID, then > wpa_supplicant > isn't necessarily able to determine your APs capabilities from > a sc

Re: Fix for topic: "Connected wireless once using WPA, cannot connect again"

2007-01-15 Thread Russell Harrison
On 1/10/07, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not entirely true; if you don't broadcast your SSID, then wpa_supplicant isn't necessarily able to determine your APs capabilities from a scan, and therefore isn't able to automatically set up the ciphers that your AP supports, or other capabil

Re: NetworkManager doesn't show all APs

2007-01-15 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 12:05 -0800, Xamindar wrote: > I don't know if this is a "feature" or not but NetworkManager never > shows multiple APs of the same name for me. There should be 3 in range > where I am but it only shows one. I often have problems connecting to > this network under linux p

NetworkManager doesn't show all APs

2007-01-15 Thread Xamindar
I don't know if this is a "feature" or not but NetworkManager never shows multiple APs of the same name for me. There should be 3 in range where I am but it only shows one. I often have problems connecting to this network under linux probably because it is trying to associate to one of the on

Re: NM /etc/resolv.conf search

2007-01-15 Thread Derek Broughton
On Monday 15 January 2007 10:20, Dan Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 11:15 +0100, Grant Williamson wrote: > > Hi, > > whats the way to customize the "search" list for host-name lookup in > > /etc/resolv.conf when using Networkmanager. > > i.e. if a dhcp server does not provide this informat

Re: NM /etc/resolv.conf search

2007-01-15 Thread Derek Broughton
On Monday 15 January 2007 06:15, Grant Williamson wrote: > Hi, > whats the way to customize the "search" list for host-name lookup in > /etc/resolv.conf when using Networkmanager. > i.e. if a dhcp server does not provide this information how I can > customize so everytime I bring up a device it wil

Re: NetworkManager-0.6.4 and dhcp-3.0.4

2007-01-15 Thread Thorsten Kolb
Thank you, I got It running as user. The strange thing is that If I run it as user I can not direktly click on the wlan-list, I have to type my wlan-date manually in. Is Root this does not happen. Any Idea hov I can solve this? Thorsten >On Monday, 15. January 2007 15:24, Dan Williams wro

Re: NM /etc/resolv.conf search

2007-01-15 Thread Grant Williamson
Matthew, thanks for the reply, however is just an example, its not actually for my home network. Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Grant Williamson wrote: > >> Hi, >> whats the way to customize the "search" list for host-name lookup in >> /etc/resolv.conf when using Networkmanag

Re: [please help] NM not working in Ubuntu 6.1

2007-01-15 Thread Tobias Wolf
Joan, earlier someone advised you to take certain lines out of /etc/network/interfaces. As far as I know you have to take all lines pertaining to your wireless device out (i.e., empty the file leaving only the "lo" device). If you installed CVS by hand make sure you remove everything (make uninsta

Re: NM /etc/resolv.conf search

2007-01-15 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Grant Williamson wrote: > Hi, > whats the way to customize the "search" list for host-name lookup in > /etc/resolv.conf when using Networkmanager. > i.e. if a dhcp server does not provide this information how I can customize > so everytime I bring up a device it will be pres

Re: [please help] NM not working in Ubuntu 6.1

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Betts
On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 11:25 +0200, Joan Moreau wrote: > This is my 3rd try in this mailing list. > > Can anybody help me ? > > The nm does not detect neither connect to any wireless netwr, I always > have to do it manually (iwconfig ...) > > I tried the package NM (0.6.3), the stabe one (0.6.4)

Re: can't connect wirelessly:T60 thinkpad

2007-01-15 Thread Timo Hoenig
(re-added list to CC) On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 06:16 -0800, thabani smith wrote: > (left hand side of the touch pad; it is > on when being pulled to the right) "where can i find this?is it the > one next to the 3G card slot", sorry if it's a stupid question. Google image surch returned this for 't6

Re: NetworkManager-0.6.4 and dhcp-3.0.4

2007-01-15 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 15:00 +0100, Thorsten Kolb wrote: > Hi there, > > I am trying now for several weeks to get networkmanager/knetworkmanager > running. > This day I had sucess, with NetworkManager-0.6.4 and knetworkmanager-0.1. The > Problam I had all the time was that the poore unpatched dhc

Re: NM /etc/resolv.conf search

2007-01-15 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 11:15 +0100, Grant Williamson wrote: > Hi, > whats the way to customize the "search" list for host-name lookup in > /etc/resolv.conf when using Networkmanager. > i.e. if a dhcp server does not provide this information how I can > customize so everytime I bring up a device it

Re: [please help] NM not working in Ubuntu 6.1

2007-01-15 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 11:25 +0200, Joan Moreau wrote: > This is my 3rd try in this mailing list. > > Can anybody help me ? > > The nm does not detect neither connect to any wireless netwr, I always > have to do it manually (iwconfig ...) > > I tried the package NM (0.6.3), the stabe one (0.6.4)

Re: very slow update of available networks

2007-01-15 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 08:31 +0100, Dominik Geisel wrote: > Hi all! > > I run NetworkManager 0.6.3 with Ubuntu 6.10 and a madwifi-card. I have > the trouble that NetworkManager seems to update its list of available > networks *very* slow - sometimes it takes 10 minutes until a new > network appears

Re: can't connect wirelessly:T60 thinkpad

2007-01-15 Thread Dan Williams
On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 22:40 -0800, thabani smith wrote: > Hi > > I recently installed the latest version of ubuntu but my machine does > not detect the wireless. > I am using IBM thinkpad t60,I did install the 'network manager applet' > i.e network-manager & > network-manager-gnome. > I did check

Re: dhcp client overwriting vpnc resolv.conf

2007-01-15 Thread Dan Williams
On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 19:07 +0100, Steinar Bang wrote: > > Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > This is optional. If you don't have bind installed, NetworkManager > > will manually rewrite resolv.conf with the appropriate information. > > Ok. This is appearently what happens. Does it ha

NetworkManager-0.6.4 and dhcp-3.0.4

2007-01-15 Thread Thorsten Kolb
Hi there, I am trying now for several weeks to get networkmanager/knetworkmanager running. This day I had sucess, with NetworkManager-0.6.4 and knetworkmanager-0.1. The Problam I had all the time was that the poore unpatched dhcp-3.0.4 which comes with my distro (slackware-11.0) does not work w

Re: can't connect wirelessly:T60 thinkpad

2007-01-15 Thread Timo Hoenig
Hi Thabani, On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 22:40 -0800, thabani smith wrote: > I recently installed the latest version of ubuntu but my machine does > not detect the wireless. > I am using IBM thinkpad t60,I did install the 'network manager applet' > i.e network-manager & > network-manager-gnome. > I did

can't connect wirelessly:T60 thinkpad

2007-01-15 Thread thabani smith
Hi I recently installed the latest version of ubuntu but my machine does not detect the wireless. I am using IBM thinkpad t60,I did install the 'network manager applet' i.e network-manager & network-manager-gnome. I did check the wireless radio if it was turned on from the BIOS, all is fine. But

NM /etc/resolv.conf search

2007-01-15 Thread Grant Williamson
Hi, whats the way to customize the "search" list for host-name lookup in /etc/resolv.conf when using Networkmanager. i.e. if a dhcp server does not provide this information how I can customize so everytime I bring up a device it will be present. I used to use something like ... cat /etc/sysconfi

[please help] NM not working in Ubuntu 6.1

2007-01-15 Thread Joan Moreau
This is my 3rd try in this mailing list. Can anybody help me ? The nm does not detect neither connect to any wireless netwr, I always have to do it manually (iwconfig ...) I tried the package NM (0.6.3), the stabe one (0.6.4) or the CVS one (0.7.0), none of them are working. (details below)