2009/1/20 Micha Feigin
<michf@post.tau.ac.il>
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:15:55 +0800
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> > Looks like it's pointing in the right direction. Does it see you wireless
> > when
> > you open the window (under available wireless connections)
> >
> > If so, you need to choose your ap click that little triangle by the name,
> > check
> > automatically connect to this network if you wish and click advanced
> > settings
> > to setup things like wep password and such.
> >
>
> Unfortunately nothing appears when I did that which leads me to make this
> post in the first place.
>
what does iwlist eth1 scan show? (that is what wicd is supposed to use behind
the scenes)
eden:~# iwlist eth1 scan
eth1 Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument
did you check that /etc/network/interfaces doesn't mention the wireless
interface?
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
allow-hotplug eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid my-office
iface eth0 inet dhcp
> >
> > Some public access points also have a transparent proxy that requires you
> > to
> > authenticate when you start browsing (my uni is that way, you need to enter
> > a
> > wpa key and then enter your username/password in the browser before you can
> > access outside connections).
> >
>
> Same situation in my office but the network cannot be detected which leads
> me to think there must but something amiss.
>
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