alan c wrote:
> Aaron West wrote:
>> Jim Kissel wrote:
>>> alan c wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The forums have a lot of comments that in some networks there is no
>>>> problem, yet in others there is. There seems to be poor error
>>>> checking and handling, in the GUI - which I am using - of
>>>> passwords/phrases. In fact on some occasions this morning there was
>>>> a log message including that the password coffeeshop (ok, you know
>>>> it now) was an invalid length or in another situation something
>>>> like unsupported wireless key. However, the key was typed
>>>> correctly, and there was another punter next to me using it ok. And
>>>> the shop assistant offered to type it in herself, just to be sure
>>>> :-) sweet. Perhaps I just look daft.
>>>>
>>>> I was interested to see that as I typed the key text in character
>>>> by character, at one stage a particular key format was recognised.
>>>> This was at the stage of having typed
>>>> coffe
>>>> and it was recognised as a type
>>>> WEP64 bit in ASCII format
>>>> but as I then continued to type the subsequent characters, no
>>>> format was recognised. I do not know how this information might fit
>>>> in with the problems I and others seem to be finding.
>>>>
>>>> The wireless card itself works I guess because mine shows nearby
>>>> networks ok and is reported to have no problems in non encrypted
>>>> conditions by others.
>>>>
>>>> I do not use wireless at home, hence my lack of experience about
>>>> stuff. I expect to use the eeepc in the wlid, or in cafes and
>>>> hotspots, at least.... so to find it does not work in Waterstones
>>>> bookshop cafe in bracknell is a bummer. I have not tried
>>>> muckdonalds yet, nor any paid for spots. Other 'hotspots' I have
>>>> used on campsites etc get a connection configured by using a
>>>> browser at ffirst, then a key. I suppose that the local router is
>>>> open and the encryption is beyond that maybe.
>>> Checking my network connections I have recently connected to 4
>>> different wireless access points using WEP with eeePC. No problems
>>> other than typing in long keys in hex.
>>>
>> As a big fan of my 701 I assume when you say you have checked the
>> forums you mean www.eeeuser.com also check the wiki great community
>> there.
>>
>> Anyway just a few links worth a look at
>>
>> http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:wpawithspaces
>> and
>> http://wiki.eeeuser.com/wpa_default_xandros
>
> thanks, yes. It is these eee forms which highlighted the problem for me
> after I had spent the morning without success in the cafe.
>
> For examples
>
> http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=155795#p155795
> 'I had this problem for the first time yesterday at a coffee shop in
> the area. I noticed that the Eee reported it received a DHCPOFFER but
> never responded to that. Subsequently, when I tried to connect, I got
> the dreaded "NO DHCPOFFER" messages. When I assigned the wireless
> card a static IP it worked fine.
> I suspect that at least part of the problem perhaps lies in the DHCP
> client used on the Eee. I've been trying to track down information,
> I've only been moderately successful so far. I do know the Eee uses
> the client from isc.org.
> Anyway, the network I was trying to connect to was an open network, so
> WEP/WPA wasn't an issue. If I stumble across anything usefull I'll
> post it here. I suspect either a DHCP timeout - the Eee is timing out
> on the offer before it responds or something similar.'
>
>
> http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=10042
> http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=52247
> http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=17594
>
To be honest I have had that exact problem both on my eeepc with
Xandros, Gutsy and even my HP 6325 with Hardy. In fact last time I
couldn't get dhcp I was at a large MS 2003 network and plugged in via a
cable had to reboot twice then bang it found it. Also it worked with a
static so maybe there is something more general wrong I wonder if it is
all the same version of dhcp client. Also have you tried it command line
yet "dhcpcd wlan0" or whatever try it a couple of times if it fails that
got my NX6325 working although very annoying.
--
Aaron West
Dr. Zachary Smith: Sarcasm is the recourse of the weak mind.
