On 12/21/2013 07:42 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 20 Dec 2013, King Beowulf wrote: > >> What wifi chipset and driver are you using on the laptops? Are you sure >> all the kernel modules needed are loading? > > Hi, Ed! > > According to lspci: > 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev > 35) > > The Ethernet controller is separate. > > Let me summarize the answers to all your questions by writing that for the > past 3 years I've had no problems connecting to wifi networks in hotels, > restaurants, coffee shops, etc. except for motels in small towns like > Lovelock and Battle Mountain. The Dell has connected wirelessly here, too, > with previous (Linksys) wireless routers/access points but I connect the > laptop to the network via Ethernet unless I'm testing the WAP. > >> Did you check ifconfig and iwconfig to see what interface you are using? >> eth0, eth1 or wlan0 etc. The correct one must be selected in WICD's >> "general" tab for the wireless interface. > > They're all wlan0; eth0 is for the cat5. > >> Under "external programs" select dhcpcd, the rest automatic (unless you >> use KDE then pick kdesu), or whatever you have installed. > > Yeah, this is how it's been set. > >> wpa supplicant -> wext >> backend --> external > > Yep. That's how it's been set. > >> To set up, "WPA 1/2 hex" on WICD is the same as WPA2-PSK [AES] on most >> routers (ie, 64 hex digits). > > And that's the protocol I've been using ... with the same PSK as is set on > the Belkin. > >> Are you running a firewall > > Not on the laptops. > > Thanks, > > Rich >
Rich, Is /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd marked as executable? Are the entries in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf set to defaults - ie you did not run netconfig during installation or manually enter network parameters? Are you a member of the 'netdev' group? ie, root can connect but a regular user can't. I wouldn't fiddle with wpa_supplicant.conf since with wicd (or networkmanager) it will work ok OOTB for every centrino, broadcom, atheros chip I've used. Happy Holidays! -Ed _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
