Wireless network not connecting during startup

sudarshan22 · 06-21-2008, 06:55 AM

Hi,

I have two laptops one running Windows XP and another Kubuntu. I share files between them using samba. A couple of days ago, I had to reset my router. After the reset, all the ip's got mixed up (my router managers the network using DHCP) and when I boot up kubuntu machine it refuses to connect to my network. The essid before reset was "24" (without quotes) and now its "Airway". Could it be possible that kubuntu is still looking for 24?

Thanks.

pinniped · 06-21-2008, 07:41 AM

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The essid before reset was "24" (without quotes) and now its "Airway".
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If you changed the ESSID, you need to configure the wireless gizmo again. What wireless encryption scheme do you use?

sudarshan22 · 06-21-2008, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinniped

(quote)
The essid before reset was "24" (without quotes) and now its "Airway".
(end quote)

If you changed the ESSID, you need to configure the wireless gizmo again. What wireless encryption scheme do you use?

I am not using encryption. I am only using MAC address filtering. And all my computer's mac addresses are in the router.

tredegar · 06-21-2008, 09:05 AM

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A couple of days ago, I had to reset my router. After the reset, all the ip's got mixed up (my router managers the network using DHCP)

That's why I prefer my little network to have static IPs.

Quote:

The essid before reset was "24" (without quotes) and now its "Airway".

Take a look in /etc/network/interfaces
If it is looking for "24", change it to "Airway"

sudarshan22 · 06-21-2008, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tredegar

That's why I prefer my little network to have static IPs.

Take a look in /etc/network/interfaces
If it is looking for "24", change it to "Airway"

I would love to have static IP's but I dont know how to set the internal home network with static IPs.

tredegar · 06-21-2008, 10:30 AM

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I would love to have static IP's but I dont know how to set the internal home network with static IPs.

It is all defined in /etc/network/interfaces
See man interfaces
Mine looks line this:

Code:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet static
broadcast 10.0.0.255
address 10.0.0.8
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.0.0.2

For the above, my LAN IP is 10.0.0.8 and my router is at 10.0.0.2, and I am using ethernet cable on eth0

If you were on a 192.168.0.X network, you might make it look like this:

Code:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
broadcast 192.168.0.255
address 192.168.0.8
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1

This PC's LAN IP is 192.168.0.8 and the router is at 192.168.0.1, and it is using ethernet cable on eth0

For wireless on eth1, with a static IP, make it look something like this:

Code:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
broadcast 192.168.0.255
address 192.168.0.8
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
wpa-passphrase mysecretpassphrase
wpa-ssid Airway
wireless-channel 11
#                 or whatever channel you are using

It is not difficult!
Are you connected yet?