Re: Problem with creating a new wireless network feature

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 18:49 +0200, Ali Servet Dönmez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not able to create/connect, using "Create New Wireless Network"
> feature available in NetworkManager Applet.
> 
> Below I'll try to give you, to my best, some information about my server
> installation:
> 
> * Ubuntu GNU/Linux 8.10 Intrepid with kernel Linux 2.6.27-14
> * NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0:
>   network-manager package version 0.7~~svn20081018t105859
>   network-manager-gnome package version 0.7~~svn20081020t000444
> * Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2]
> Network Connection (rev 05)
> * lsmod | grep ipw2200:
>   ipw2200     151372  0
>   ieee80211    38088  1 ipw2200
> * ipw2200-fw-3.1 (Latest firmware for ipw2200)
> * dnsmasq package version 2.45
> 
> Server connection details (to be shared via wireless):
> 
> Interface: Ethernet (eth0)
> IP Address: 10.61.58.148
> Broadcast Address: 10.61.58.255
> Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
> Default Route: 10.61.58.254
> 
> I tried to create both secure and open networks. From any client (tried
> with Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid, OS X 10.5 Tiger, Windows XP SP3) it is
> possible to see this network's availability, but it is not possible
> connect (due to some sort of timeout I believe).

Any idea what the IP configuration settings for the device on Windows
are?  They should be set to get an address automatically from the
network (DHCP).  Also, it might be worth trying to connect to the
machine from another Linux system just to see if that LInux system can
connect.

Dan

> I'm not an expert on the subject, but I believe the problem stands in
> server's current connection settings (which I can not change, so in that
> case I'm not sure how to proceed).
> 
> Could you please help me on this?
> 
> If you need any information (logs (please specify which one), etc.) in
> order to understand better what's going on please ask.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Best regards,