Re: wireless gui configuration utility
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:11:56 +0800
"Umarzuki Mochlis" <umarzuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/1/20 Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il>
>
> > On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:15:55 +0800
> > "Umarzuki Mochlis" <umarzuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > 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
>
That is why wicd doesn't find any wireless networks, if iwlist doesn't work
manually it won't work for wicd, so your problem (apart for what's mentioned
bellow) is enabling scanning on the wireless interface.
Looks from this thread
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=790778
that the driver may be problematic, he recommends using ndiswrapper. see if
that makes iwlist work for you
>
> >
> > did you check that /etc/network/interfaces doesn't mention the wireless
> > interface?
> >
>
When using wicd and network manager your /etc/network/interfaces should contain
only the loopback device
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
You should comment out everything below this for wicd and network manager ...
> #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.
> > >
> > [... snip ...]
> >
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