Re: wicd difficulties joining some unsecured wireless networks
On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 04:54:42PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In some airports, and today at a university
> I've failed to join "unsecured" networks.
>
> I've been using wicd-gtk.
>
> The failure takes the form of a time-out during the get IP
> address stage.
Today I found, that if I went back to wpa_gui, I could
associate with the access point and then use dhclient to get
an IP address. I'm mystified that wicd doesn't get that
right, and a little disappointed that it is not a silver
bullet for my wifi connection.
Greetings,
Joel
> I had a look at /var/log/wicd/wicd.log.
>
> 2014/08/05 09:51:29 :: Connecting to wireless network Foo-University
> 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Putting interface down
> 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
> 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Setting false IP...
> 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
> 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Flushing the routing table...
> 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Putting interface up...
> 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: Running DHCP with hostname sprite
> 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: dhcpcd[4463]: version 6.0.5 starting
> 2014/08/05 09:51:32 ::
> 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: dhcpcd[4466]: wlan1: starting wpa_supplicant
> 2014/08/05 09:51:32 ::
> 2014/08/05 09:51:33 :: dhcpcd[4463]: wlan1: waiting for carrier
> 2014/08/05 09:51:33 ::
> 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: dhcpcd[4463]: timed out
> 2014/08/05 09:52:03 ::
> 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: DHCP connection failed
> 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: exiting connection thread
> 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed
>
> I believe these networks expect some user interaction.
> For example, for the Foo-University network, I was told
> to use my email address as the password. However, using
> wicd, there is no opportunity to even enter a password.
>
> At Phoenix airport, I heard an announcement that I could
> use internet via Boingo hotspot.
>
> The wicd-gtk listing showed the network as "unsecured".
> I expected to get an IP address, then, in the browser,
> a page asking for money before I can continue. I didn't
> get this, just the failure to get an IP address.
>
> The wicd.log file shows the same pattern as above.
>
> I'd appreciate any hints!!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Joel
>
>
>
>
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