My choice for DHCP client is set to automatic, , and the radio buttons don't give me any option other than dhclient, so maybe I need to apt-get dhcpcd.
I'll run some tests over the next week, as I'll be meandering through various airports and wireless networks. Rich Shepard wrote, On 08/05/2011 09:13 AM: > On Fri, 5 Aug 2011, Daniel Herrington wrote: > >> I'll let you know this week. I've got another flight on Sunday, so we'll >> see if I have to do a "try, try again" scenario. > Well, I have a flight in a week, but it's in a small plane; no wireless > available. :-) > >> I did look at dmesg when it wasn't connecting, but other than indicating >> that it was waiting on dhcp, there wasn't anything helpful. I almost >> wonder if it's a problem with dhcp. > I read somewhere that dhcp and/or dhcpcd might be at fault. > >> If it happens again I'll try iwconfig to see if that works. From what i >> understand, wicd is juts a frontend to the binaries. > That's my understanding, too, so the problem is probably in the underlying > tools. Which still begs the question why it works in most places but not > all. > > Thanks, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Daniel Herrington Director of Field Services Robert Mark Technologies o: 651-769-2574 m: 503-358-8575 www.robertmark.com CA Workload Automation r11.3 is now GA. Contact us if you have any questions about the new release or want to discuss your company’s upgrade path. Follow Robert Mark on LinkedIn! http://www.linkedin.com/company/robert-mark-technologies/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
