Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes

2011-01-18 Thread Byte Soup
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 wrote: > On 17 January 2011 13:41, Byte Soup wrote: > > Hey Liam, > > > > Ive seen some odd be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes

2011-01-18 Thread Liam Wilson
On 17 January 2011 13:41, Byte Soup 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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes

2011-01-17 Thread Byte Soup
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 it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes

2011-01-15 Thread Liam Wilson
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, wrote: >> Hi all; >> >> I have a Desktop PC here running Ubuntu 10.10, and I'm trying to >> connect to my W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes

2011-01-13 Thread daveg
> 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 > p

[ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes

2011-01-12 Thread Liam Wilson
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