From the looks of the user guide, it is creating an adhoc
(computer-to-computer) network. From the error message you included, 3Spot:
Connection failed: could not contact the wireless access point it seems you
have told Ubuntu it is a an access-point network. I suspect if you change
the wireless type on your 'puter to adhoc then it should just work - as it
seems the the phone acts as a DHCP server and should hand out the relevant
setttings, but only once the physical wireless connection is working.
(For reference DNS domain and search domain are only relevant if you don't
specify the fully-qualified domain name, FQDN, when say you enter a URL in
your browser. For instance if you worked for mycompany.com.au you might want
to add this as the DNS domain. That way you could just type http://www; and
your 'puter would search for www.mycompany.com.au as it's query. search
domain are just additional domains that it would append in the order you
declared)
martinvisse...@gmail.com
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:04 AM, elliott-brennan m...@elliott-brennan.id.au
wrote:
Hi all,
Has anyone else had experience with the new Three
mobile networks 3Spot application?
It allows you to tether your 'puter to your
mobile. You download the application and determine
security settings etc then switch it on and off
you go - just connect to it as if it's an access
point.
Works in cough Windows7 easily but I cannot for
the life of me get it going in Ubuntu 9.10 (dual
booting Lenovo X200).
Each time it tells me that it cannot obtain an IP
address. There are options to set the IP address
manually - I used the one which Windows used.
However this requires using a static IP address.
So:
IP 192.168.2.2
Netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway is auto set t 192.168.2.1
I then also need Static DNS details:
DNS Domain
Search Domain
DNS1, 2 and 3
So at this point I'm buggered. I think I have the
correct DNS1 and 2 details (taken from the Windows
connection) BUT am stuck with the DNS Domain and
Search Domain options.
I've tried various options for these (eg. calling
Planet3 as the Three network name is called) but I
merely get a 3Spot: Connection failed: could not
contact the wireless access point message.
If I leave it to connect using DHCP it searches
for an IP address but finally fails, telling me
that it failed to obtain an IP address - this
takes an age, with the machine searching for
several minutes.
Any help at this point would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Patrick
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