On Friday 05 Dec 2003 11:47 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > Hold on. I just realised something. > > You are using Class B addressing in this network. > > In that case the broadcast address I gave you is wrong. It should be > > BROADCAST=172.16.255.255 > > Good news, Derek. I could get into Internet already. I sometimes find that > I cannot get rid of what I am used in Windows. Just after making the > changes you indicated, iwconfig reported crazy things. I opted to reboot, > and viola, I was even navigating. At first I was disappointed because > iwconfig reported "link quality=0", but you were not definitive about the > wireless key to be the wrong one. You say something like "usually means", > so, I decided to try it like that, and it worked. > > Many thanks, of course. I wish I could take you for a beer. I would never > had done it myself. > > Cordially, > > Teilhard. Yowsa Well done. Yeah that link quality =0 means you either have a really good signal quality, or none at all. I find it more comforting when I see it as anything other than zero. You are welcome to buy me a pint ,but you are probably quite a long way away. How about you donate a similar value to PJ at www.groklaw.net ? PJ is leading the OpenSource fight against the money grabbing bastards at SCO who are trying to steal Linux.
groklaw has become compulsive reading for me. It is open collaboration at its best. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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