On Jan 19, 2008 4:15 PM, SJS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin quoting Bob La Quey as of Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 10:26:15AM -0800: > > > Ok folks, here is my problem. > > > > I have a laptop that uses a NETGEAR USB wireless card. > > It works fine on my home netwsork with a NETGEAR router > > using DHCP. > > > > I take it out to my favorite coffee house, > > It's A Grind Coffee House > > 1601 India St, San Diego, CA > > and try it out. > > > > I get hooked up to 169.254.8.1 which looks > > odd to me, but I can ping it just fine. > > Then I cannot get any DNS service. > > > > A little Googling back home and I find ZeroConf. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroconf > > > > I will continue Googling to see if I can find some > > missing software ... but can any one give me a > > quick "How To" here? > > I'm assuming that you've used a browser to try to connect to something? > I normally get this sort of grief when I use a hotel's internet service, > since I typically resort first to ssh. > > I have to bring up a web-browser, attempt to get to some well-known > site, so they can redirect me to their access control web-page. Then, if > I'm lucky, I can do the appropriate dance and agree to the terms of > service, and then they open up everything. > > Have you asked the staff if there's anything special you need to do? > Maybe they changed something in their system. > > -- > Some hotels expect me to run an ActiveX control; > I tell them that I can't in a voice most droll. > Stewart Stremler
Sorry guys. You are both wrong. The problem was this Zeroconf thing. Checkout the links. I am using Ubuntu 7.0. I went home, hooekd up to my network then went into the package manager Synaptic (under KDE) and searched on Zeroconf. I installed all the Zeroconf stuff. Now I am back at Itś a Grind ... and tada it all ¨just works.¨ So I am a happy camper. Coffee and WiFi. You gotta love it. BobLQ
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