Re: Installing Debian with wireless LAN
> Does it "freeze" or does it just never progress?
> I noticed that dhcp during install sometimes gets errors and just
> continuously starts over. IT seems a buffer is getting overloaded so
> it
> errors out and then starts over on the dhcp request and repeats this
> forever.
> You should see if you can switch to the console window to see the
> error.
> "alt-f?". Try alt-f1, alt-f2 , etc to look for errors (sorry can't
> remember
> right now).
It seems to freeze. alt-f* doesn't work, and ctrl-alt-del doesn't do anything.
The only way to get the system back again is to eject the pcmcia card (or do a
hard reboot), at which point it gives a DHCP failed message.
>
> can you can manually set the ip address and gateway?
I could, but I don't know the appropriate values. I'm a member of a home network
with 3 other computers hooked through a router to a cable modem.
The other option, if it comes to that, is to actually move my computer over to
the modem for a little bit and use a wired ethernet connection, and worry about
wireless later.
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Joel Konkle-Parker
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