On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 18:36 +0800, List Mail wrote: > Sorry if this post is trivial or off-topic but my geek credentials are > on the line. Recently I had the chance to slip an Ubuntu LiveCD into a > friend's computer. The computer had a direct (router-less) Smart > Wireless Broadband connection. To my surprise, I wasn't able to > connect to the Internet out-of-the-box. I managed to play with the > computer for only a minute or two, so if I'm not sure where the > problem lay, whether it's because of an (un|mis)recognized LAN card, a > DNS/IP problem or something else. > > Does Smartbro require any special configuration options to work? I've > had no problems connecting to PLDT's MyDSL using the Ubuntu 6 LTS CD. > Any hints would be appreciated.
(Me using a SmartBro connection right now at a client here in Pasay) No special configuration is required. As long as your hardware is supported, it should work. Were you given the username and password for his SmartBro connection? Once you try to browse to any website, the SmartBro captive portal would intercept your request and force you to login. Then you'd have to deactivate your wireless interface upon successful authentication and activate it again for the connection to work. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
