Re: Problem with creating a new wireless network feature

[Ali Servet Donmez <asd pittle org>]

On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 11:43 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> 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).

Sure, any client that I tried to connect with (either Windows, Ubuntu,
or OS X) is set to use 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 already tried with a Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid installed system, but
it won't work...


Additional info: I also tried to share my connection in OS X and tried
to connect from Windows and Ubuntu clients; but the problem is the same:
I can see wireless network's presence, but cannot establish a connection
to it.

Maybe I could provide you some log, if you could just tell me what kind
of information would be useful to you (or name the lof file).

Thanks.

> > 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,
> 
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Ali Servet Donmez <asd pittle org>