Mark, Great suggestions for troubleshooting. I will try out some of the easier ones, when I get home.
As for suspecting the driver problem, Intel has been very good with releasing open source version of their wireless drivers and as of kernel 2.6.24, the driver is embedded. I use Slackware 12.1 (latest stable release) which has kernel 2.6.24.5, so I think I am covered on that, although I could be wrong. Both vummiv networks are unsecured. I wasn't aware that Vanderbilt maintains unencrypted wireless network across the campus, I found it out from ITS website this afternoon. On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Mark J Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *OR* :-) (shifting gears A LOT), > > you COULD run windows native on the laptop and install the free VMware > Server (1.x and/or the JUST release 2.0.0) on the windows (as the "host") > and then install linux as a "guest" virtual machine. this is how I ended > up doing it on my laptop (myriad of reasons). therein, linux has an > ethernet/LAN interface and vmware takes care of wired/wireless. There are > some caveats to this approach depending on what you are after. But, it > might suffice for your requirements. Using "bridged" and/or "nat" > networking setups, the linux guest VM can piggy back on to the internet > through the windows just fine. It is not totally the same as linux running > native; again, though, depends on what you are wanting to accomplish. In > this scenario, you have both worlds in one. > > --On Sunday, September 28, 2008 6:52 PM -0500 Mark J Bailey > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > that is weird. > > > > one thing about seeing if NDIS Wrapper might work is that you would then > > have some additional driver options (like the ones that came with the > > windows side of the laptop and/or from intel's web site). if you have > > never used NDIS wrapper, it is not as bad as it seems. with Slack10 you > > should be able to get the core of it going without too much trouble (but > > I am not a slacker so, please take that with a grain of salt). once > > that is in place, ndiswrapper will let you install the windows driver. > > once installed, it should startup and detect each time you start up > > ndiswrapper and it detects the hardware. it has worked well for me in > > the past. where WPA is involved, having some driver options might be > > very advantageous (though this would not be in play with the Bongo > > deal). what about the two vandy networks - were they WEP, WPA or in the > > clear? > > > > one other thing you might try too is get the LiveCD of Fedora 9 (and/or 8 > > may be new enough) and boot it on the laptop. knoppix also has decent > > built in wireless. Knoppix and fedora LiveCDs can support both WPA and > > NDIS Wrapper (but you might have to 'apt-get install' on knoppix or 'yum > > install' on the fedora - once booted of course). the LiveCD approach may > > give you yet another way to toubleshoot and/or, if the LiveCDs work fine, > > an alternate config to try out on Slack10. > > > > anyways, good luck! > > > > mark > > > > > > --On Sunday, September 28, 2008 6:40 PM -0500 Vikram Chhatre > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Mark: Thanks for all the input. Before I get onto trying your > >> suggestions out, here is an update: > >> > >> Incident # 1: Bongo Java Wireless > >> Instantly connects to the unencrypted network, obtains IP address. > >> However no traffic occurs on the network. > >> Unable to connect with any websites > >> Unable to ping to any hosts > >> > >> Incident # 2: Vanderbilt network > >> Two vummiv networks visible > >> Connected to the first vummiv network instantly, obtained IP address > >> Again, cannot initiate any network traffic, no websites reachable > >> > >> Then I tried second vummiv network. (online from there right now) > >> connects instantly > >> initiates network traffic instantly > >> All websites reachable > >> > >> I don't know what to make of this. When I go home tonight, I will try > >> disabling the security and try out your suggestion. > >> > >> As for dd-wrt, I was only using v24 stable and not v24-SP1. But even > >> then it should have worked flawlessly. > >> > >> Thanks again > >> Vikram > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________ > > Mark J. Bailey Jobsoft Design & Development, Inc. > > 104 Arlington Place, Suite 100 Franklin, TN 37064 > > EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.jobsoft.com/ > > VOICE:(615)904-9559 FAX:(615)904-9576 CELL:(615)308-9099 > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________ > Mark J. Bailey Jobsoft Design & Development, Inc. > 104 Arlington Place, Suite 100 Franklin, TN 37064 > EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.jobsoft.com/ > VOICE:(615 <http://www.jobsoft.com/VOICE:%28615>)904-9559 > FAX:(615)904-9576 CELL:(615)308-9099 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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