| Linux Forum Index » Linux - Slackware Forum » Finding Hotel Networks...... |
|
Page 1 of 1 |
|
| Author |
Message |
| Res... |
 Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:50 pm |
|
|
|
Guest
|
wicd
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, John K. Herreshoff wrote:
Quote: So I'm in the middle of North Dakota at a reasonably priced motel with my
trusty laptop running slackware-12.2. I ask the clerk about logging on,
and she says just turn on your browser and click. I ask about a network
name, and I get a blank stare. yada-yada-yada for an hour. Wireless
Assistant for KDE does not do a thing: cannot find anything.
Putting 'any' in the ESSID finds nothing. I finally hit on 'ifconfig wlan0
up' and then Wireless Assistant is able to scan, and finds the network /
name. I get connected, finally. If I put the correct ESSID in the config
file, I also connect that way.
Is there a better method? I've sure learned tons hauling the laptop around
the country, but there has to be a better way.
John.
--
Res
Time to change the Australian Data Cable and Wiring Laws.
Help get the "Digital Data Exemption" back so we can legally make
ethernet cables. http://forums.ausics.net/./viewtopic.php?f=1&t=61 |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
| Dan C... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:01 am |
|
|
|
Guest
|
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:58:10 -0500, John K. Herreshoff wrote:
Quote: Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
"John K. Herreshoff" <nope at (no spam) not.here> wrote:
Is there a better method?
Install wicd, it is included in the extra directory of your Slackware
12.2 disc.
regards Henrik
WICD? That's a thought, but my CD is only 1500 miles away. I'll google
for the source and build it. Thanks for the tip, guys.
No need to build anything. As was stated, it's an official Slackware
package in /extra. Here's a link to it from an official mirror, just
download and install:
http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/extra/wicd/
--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
"Bother!" said Pooh, as he garotted another passing Liberal.
Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
| Old Man... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:19 pm |
|
|
|
Guest
|
John K. Herreshoff wrote:
Quote: So I'm in the middle of North Dakota at a reasonably priced motel
Ouch! Whatever you did to deserve that, I bet you won't do it again.
--
Old Man |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
| John K. Herreshoff... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:58 pm |
|
|
|
Guest
|
Old Man wrote:
Quote: John K. Herreshoff wrote:
So I'm in the middle of North Dakota at a reasonably priced motel
Ouch! Whatever you did to deserve that, I bet you won't do it again.
Hell, No. I'm now in Montana ;-)
--
Using the Laptop in Havre, Montana |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
| John K. Herreshoff... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:24 pm |
|
|
|
Guest
|
John K. Herreshoff wrote:
Quote: Old Man wrote:
John K. Herreshoff wrote:
So I'm in the middle of North Dakota at a reasonably priced motel
Ouch! Whatever you did to deserve that, I bet you won't do it again.
Hell, No. I'm now in Montana ;-)
And now closure: Last night I was in a small Oregon burg in a motel that
had wireless. I could see but not connect, so I broke out the wicd, did
the install, and I still could not connect... Until I asked the motel to
reset there wifi. wicd should be part of slackware as it is really slick.
John.
--
Using the Laptop in Spokane, Washington |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
| Henrik Carlqvist... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:53 pm |
|
|
|
Guest
|
"John K. Herreshoff" <nope at (no spam) not.here> wrote:
Quote: wicd should be part of slackware as it is really slick.
Wicd is really great for laptops which switch between different wired and
wireless networks. However, for stationary desktops I really prefer the
Slackware way of /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf. So IMHO the wicd package is best
distributed in /extra where it currently is included in Slackware.
regards Henrik
--
The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is:
hc3(at)poolhem.se Examples of addresses which go to spammers:
root at (no spam) localhost postmaster at (no spam) localhost |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
| john at (no spam) wexfordpress.com... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:49 am |
|
|
|
Guest
|
On Oct 22, 1:53 am, Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqv... at (no spam) deadspam.com>
wrote:
Quote: "John K. Herreshoff" <n... at (no spam) not.here> wrote:
wicd should be part of slackware as it is really slick.
Wicd is really great for laptops which switch between different wired and
wireless networks. However, for stationary desktops I really prefer the
Slackware way of /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf. So IMHO the wicd package is best
distributed in /extra where it currently is included in Slackware.
regards Henrik
--
The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is:
hc3(at)poolhem.se Examples of addresses which go to spammers:
root at (no spam) localhost postmaster at (no spam) localhost
I had zero luck getting my wife's laptop to connect to the router
using Slackware until someone suggested wicd.
Having it installed by default would save the wireless newcomer a lot
of time, and not hurt anything. The Slackware manual does not touch
on the subject BTW. So I had no way of knowing it even existed until
someone mentioned it here.
IMO of course.
John Culleton |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
| Henrik Carlqvist... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:32 pm |
|
|
|
Guest
|
"john at (no spam) wexfordpress.com" <john at (no spam) wexfordpress.com> wrote:
Quote: On Oct 22, 1:53 am, Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqv... at (no spam) deadspam.com
wrote:
Wicd is really great for laptops which switch between different wired and
wireless networks. However, for stationary desktops I really prefer the
Slackware way of /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf. So IMHO the wicd package is best
distributed in /extra where it currently is included in Slackware.
I had zero luck getting my wife's laptop to connect to the router
using Slackware until someone suggested wicd.
Having it installed by default would save the wireless newcomer a lot
of time, and not hurt anything.
Wicd is great for laptops with maybe only one or a few users logging into
X and pointing and clicking to setup their network configuration without
even having to be root. However, for a web server which might not even
have X installed wicd is not the way to go.
Maybe a good compromise would be to install wicd by default and then add
an extra choice to /sbin/netconfig. The choices would then be something
like:
"static IP" "Use a static IP address to configure ethernet" \
"DHCP" "Use a DHCP server to configure ethernet" \
"loopback" "Set up a loopback connection (modem or no net)" \
"wicd" "Give users a GUI to change between different networks"
regards Henrik
--
The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is:
hc3(at)poolhem.se Examples of addresses which go to spammers:
root at (no spam) localhost postmaster at (no spam) localhost |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
