On Tue, 22 May 2012, Mike C. wrote: > If you can run "iwlist scan" and see a list of WAPs the radio is > working. When we tested at the coffee shop in Gresham, wlan0 was getting an > ip addr. So the hardware is fine. But there is some sort of software or > interplay of software problem as I suggested. Can you connect to an "open" > WAP and get out to the internet? The reason you couldn't get to the > internet from the coffee shop is because you couldn't connect to the wifi > captive portal page to accept the T&C page because there was a routing > conflict between eth0 and wlan0.
Mike, Tomorrow ... or in a couple of days. I've an auto accident to deal with now as well as my own work. With NM there is no eth0 in the routing table when there's no cable connected so that should not be an issue. > Step 1. Remove the static ip config for eth0 That was done within Slackware; it's in nm-applet and does not appear in the routing table when there's no cable connected. > Step 2: Test wifi connectivity and WLAN access to an WAP w/o a t&c > captive portal toi the internet via command line. This removes any > software issues with network management apps. If fact, you can do > wireless config setup and wired setup in rc.inet1.conf. > http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=slackware:network Yep. Read Eric's stuff. More when I have it, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
