Asus EeePC problem connecting to wifi
 

Hi

I am brand new to Linux and have just got this netbook which came with Linux on it. I was told it would be simple to use and to connect to the internet but I can't get it to work at all and being completely new to it I have no idea where to start trying to fix it. Getting very tempted to get rid of it!

Basically I go into the wireless networks and can see my btbroadband homehub connection so I try to connect to it but it just stops at 'pending' and wont actually connect.

Can anyone talk me through what I should be doing in words of 1 syallable or less?!!

Thanks

Hi

Have you put the wep / wpa encryption key in?

What Linux distribution is it, was it supplied with the new netbook?

What model of eeepc so we can find out what distro it is running would be helpful.

Thanks

I got it on eBay so not sure what Linux it is. How do I find out?

I have put the the key in and double checked it

It says Asus eeepc 4g on it. Hope that's what u wanted!

OK, Can you open a Terminal? You'll find it in Accessories or something similar, then type that commands below and cut and paste the results of:


If that doesn't work then try this

Failing that not working do:
Thing is with linux is you have to put a bit of work in initially / every now and then. I have spent hours and hours and hours making things work, but its always worth the effort.

4.0
Version: Eee PC 1.0.6.6
Build info: 2008-03-04 17:42
Part: DOC104ENDV1AU14
Sku: DSK0A14NAENNFR
xDMS: unsupported

Does that help?

Ok, its coming back to me now, the Asus eeePC linux is the one with the big icons. Its Linux, but very different to a normal Linux desktop experience.

Have a look at this URL to check against your configuration.

http://www.a2dvoices.com/realitychec...eePCSetup.html

Silly question I know, but does your wireless box allow new devices to connect automatically? My wireless box has settings that you can set so that each device must be registered with the wireless router.

Im not sure how BT Broadband goes about it, I'm sure the newer ones are WPA and thats it.

I've followed those instructions and it still does the same thing. I have checked the homehub and I can connect new devices as long as they have the WEP key thingy which I have put on the settings for this connection.

When I click on connect and then go to details it shows
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
No DHCPOFFERS received
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping
run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-up.d

Is the wireless router set to give out DHCP?
If not set a fixed ip on your computer, or turn DHCP on

Kind regards

Yep, DHCP is enabled, it has a start address(192.168.1.64) and an end address (192.168.1.237)

Try to set a fixed ip in the range between
Kind regards

Thanks, can you explain how to do that? As I said this is all new to me, I never realised it was going to be so technical to set up!

You should be able to do this in the properties in your
wireless networks.

Kind regards

Do I need to copy over any of the other settings from the homehub? I have found DNS, default gateway, subnet mask etc

As IP
Dafault GW
and the DNS

Kind regards

Done that and now when I click connect the connection box flashes up and then disappears leaving the connection status as disconnected but I can't get to click on details to see what is happening.

Oh I give up for tonight, will come back to it again tomorrow. What a nightmare!! If I'd known it would be so hard to get the netbook to do the one thing it I bought it for then I would have got one with windows on! The guy I bought it from said there would be no problems getting it set up on wifi even if I'd not used Linux before. Turns out BT don't help with Linux at all either although they say it should work. My other internet connection option is through a dongle but there are no drivers for Linux for that either.