i tried you suggestion, got this error wmaster0: unkown hardware address type 801 SIOCSIFADDR no such device wlano: error while getting interface flags no such device wlano: error while getting interface flags no such device wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 bind socket to interface: no such device
any other suggestions would be welcome, thanks ed On Nov 27, 12:32 pm, tanguyr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, do you know the name of your network interface? It's usually > something like "wlan0" or somesuch. You should be able to get it by > poking around under the panel icon menu (or maybe even just hovering > over the icon) > > Anyways, if you do, try this: > > when you are connected to the network, open a terminal window and type: > > sudo dhclient <your interface name> > > Regs, > /t > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 7:04 PM, ed_giuliani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i can select the router, but i get a message saying connected (ip > > address not acquired) > > and i cant connect to the internet. ed > > > On Nov 27, 3:47 am, tanguyr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Normally you connect to the router by just selecting it (ie there is > >> no explicit "connect" option, you just click on the panel icon to see > >> all the routers, then click on the router you want to connect to) > > >> /t > > >> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:12 PM, ed_giuliani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > i constantly loose my wireless connection while surfing or worse yet > >> > while in the middle of a download. > > >> > when i click on the icon on the panel it shows the signal of the local > >> > router but says disconnected, how can i connect? there doesn't seem to > >> > be a connect option. > > >> > when the connection is lost i am forced to reboot, this seems to be > >> > the only way to reestablish the connection. is there another option? > > >> > any help would be appreciated, thanks ed. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
