Re: Problem with creating a new wireless network feature

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 19:06 +0200, Ali Servet Donmez wrote:
> 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).

/var/log/daemon.log or /var/log/NetworkManager.log would be useful.

Thanks,
Dan

> 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,
> >