>From the looks of the user guide, it is creating an adhoc (computer-to-computer) network. From the error message you included, "3Spot: Connection failed: could not contact the wireless access point" it seems you have told Ubuntu it is a an access-point network. I suspect if you change the wireless type on your 'puter to adhoc then it should just work - as it seems the the phone acts as a DHCP server and should hand out the relevant setttings, but only once the physical wireless connection is working.
(For reference DNS domain and search domain are only relevant if you don't specify the fully-qualified domain name, FQDN, when say you enter a URL in your browser. For instance if you worked for mycompany.com.au you might want to add this as the DNS domain. That way you could just type "http://www"; and your 'puter would search for www.mycompany.com.au as it's query. search domain are just additional domains that it would append in the order you declared) martinvisse...@gmail.com On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:04 AM, elliott-brennan <m...@elliott-brennan.id.au > wrote: > Hi all, > > Has anyone else had experience with the new Three > mobile networks 3Spot application? > > It allows you to tether your 'puter to your > mobile. You download the application and determine > security settings etc then switch it on and off > you go - just connect to it as if it's an access > point. > > Works in <cough> Windows7 easily but I cannot for > the life of me get it going in Ubuntu 9.10 (dual > booting Lenovo X200). > > Each time it tells me that it cannot obtain an IP > address. There are options to set the IP address > manually - I used the one which Windows used. > However this requires using a static IP address. > > So: > > IP 192.168.2.2 > Netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway is auto set t 192.168.2.1 > > I then also need Static DNS details: > > DNS Domain > Search Domain > DNS1, 2 and 3 > > So at this point I'm buggered. I think I have the > correct DNS1 and 2 details (taken from the Windows > connection) BUT am stuck with the DNS Domain and > Search Domain options. > > I've tried various options for these (eg. calling > Planet3 as the Three network name is called) but I > merely get a "3Spot: Connection failed: could not > contact the wireless access point" message. > > If I leave it to connect using DHCP it searches > for an IP address but finally fails, telling me > that it failed to obtain an IP address - this > takes an age, with the machine searching for > several minutes. > > Any help at this point would be most appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Patrick > > > -- > Linux - you use it everyday > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
