Wireless wont "work"

EonSlack · 11-26-2010, 04:34 PM

Running Slack 13.1
Im able to configure the wireless with

Code:

iwconfig eth1 ESSID "mynetwork"

And im getting an IP from

Code:

dhcpcd

But i get connections timing out and unable to connect from Firefox...

Ive reset my router and Modem, but nothing seems to work...

I am able to ping out to "www.google.com" and sometimes able to connect, but im completely incapable of going to Hulu... Also, when i connect to pandora, it loads the page, but not the music.. Not sure whats up..

dustin2128 · 11-26-2010, 05:01 PM

Usually before wireless will work entirely on my laptop, I'll have to install wicd.

EonSlack · 11-26-2010, 05:33 PM

Thing is, it worked perfectly fine before... I was able to do anything and everything.. but now its not working.

x-alien · 11-26-2010, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EonSlack

Thing is, it worked perfectly fine before... I was able to do anything and everything.. but now its not working.

Did you remember to add your user to the "netdev" group?

This is required by wicd.

Cepoon · 11-27-2010, 01:53 PM

iwconfig eth1 ESSID "mynetwork"

but now:

dhcpcd eth1

You can also scan for network:

iwlist eth1 scan

2handband · 11-27-2010, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EonSlack

Thing is, it worked perfectly fine before... I was able to do anything and everything.. but now its not working.

Were any changes made to the system between working and not working? Any upgrades, or new software installed? New user, perhaps?

EonSlack · 11-27-2010, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2handband

Were any changes made to the system between working and not working? Any upgrades, or new software installed? New user, perhaps?

None, none at all.

2handband · 11-27-2010, 06:20 PM

Now that's odd... you sure your hardware isn't on the fritz? Come to think of it, I had almost exactly the same problem a couple of months back... turns out it was my cheap wireless router from Wal Mart that was the prob.

Timothy Miller · 11-27-2010, 06:22 PM

Yeah, I'd definitely test the hardware. The last time I had issues with browsing even though the connection claimed to be good it also was my router.

EonSlack · 11-27-2010, 11:49 PM

I've had this hardware for a long time, and im on a computer that uses the very same router my laptop does... this happened once before when i first installed slack, but it stopped after an hour, but this is persistent..

jostber · 11-28-2010, 01:07 AM

You can also check if you have the same problem with a different browser, f.ex. Konqueror or Opera. Try to upgrade your Firefox and see if that helps. Disable all extensions or run Firefox in safe mode to check that out as well.

EonSlack · 11-28-2010, 11:23 PM

Hooray for problems fixing themselves.

0kay, its one of two things

! My router had been freaking out and my internet was on and off all weekend, and i was constantly restarting it, but not getting service on my laptop only, so it could be a faulty router.

2 something with my computer. When i had the internet problems, starting up fluxbox took about 3s longer, not 100% sure why, but now it starts up instantly...