July 2007 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Re: [wlug] wireless connection
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 08 Jul '07

08 Jul '07

Thanks for responses, I have a broadcom wireless in my note book and no wifi radar. Windows is reporting a constantly fluctuating signal on its gui giving a signal of 2 to three bars (5 is max) Ubuntu wireless network "sees" the connection but will not connect once I enter the wep key. My guess is that the signal is too week to connect with as I usually can connect with out any effort. Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > Is this with or without wifi-radar - I've had mixed > results without wifi-radar (not sure whether it's the > wireless card or not). > > Cheers. > > > On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 10:14:34PM +1200, Simon Green > > wrote: On 07/07/07, jaytee(a)clear.net.nz > > > <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> wrote: My landlord has agreed to > > > share his wireless connection (for a fee) with me and > > > has provided me with the password. If I boot into > > > windows, add the password it all works but with Ubuntu > > > I cannot get a connection. so far I tried ascii and > > > hexadecimal but no connection i have the networking > set to dchp the router address is 192.168.1.254 do I need > > > to turn off dchp and use a fixed address? Or is there > > > some other thing I may have missed? > > > > Ubuntu 7.04 has zero-conf wireless (and wired) > > networking. You should be able to click the icon in your > > panel, type in the key, and away you go. This is > > assuming your wireless card is supported in Ubuntu (most > > cards should be though). > > -- simon > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- > Home - http://www.piersharding.com > xmpp:piers(a)ompka.net > > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > [Attachment: piers(a)ompka.net.sig]

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wireless connection
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 07 Jul '07

07 Jul '07

My landlord has agreed to share his wireless connection (for a fee) with me and has provided me with the password. If I boot into windows, add the password it all works but with Ubuntu I cannot get a connection. so far I tried ascii and hexadecimal but no connection i have the networking set to dchp the router address is 192.168.1.254 do I need to turn off dchp and use a fixed address? Or is there some other thing I may have missed?

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Time: 10am to 4pm Location: IT Training and Language Centre 17 Devon Road. (http://zoomin.co.nz/?search/address/17+devon+road%2C+hamilton) The room has plenty of benches, power and network sockets. We'll also provide tea and coffee and a light lunch. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Rod (http://www.wlug.org.nz/RodAldridge) or Bruce (http://zcat.geek.nz/) Requests For Help: ShaneHobson - would like assistance installing Linux and some network monitoring tools onto an Apple TV (http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html) Actually, I really just want to give someone some money and a spec and they do all the work. You get some cash and have a chance to play with some cool hardware.

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Warren Hughes (IBM) is away
by Warren Hughes 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

I will be out of the office starting 05/07/2007 and will not return until 09/07/2007. Take care, Warren.

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Time: 10am to 4pm Location: IT Training and Language Centre 17 Devon Road. (http://zoomin.co.nz/?search/address/17+devon+road%2C+hamilton) The room has plenty of benches, power and network sockets. We'll also provide tea and coffee and a light lunch. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Rod (http://www.wlug.org.nz/RodAldridge) or Bruce (http://zcat.geek.nz/) Requests For Help: ShaneHobson - would like assistance installing Linux and some network monitoring tools onto an Apple TV (http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html) Actually, I really just want to give someone some money and a spec and they do all the work. You get some cash and have a chance to play with some cool hardware.

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Changing Addresses
by Leslie Katz 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Thanks very much to David and Bruce for your replies. @ David: the modem is a Belkin ADSL2+ modem, which I believe is available only here in Australia. It was supplied to me by my ISP. (I took the path of least resistance on that!) @ Bruce: your reply prompted me to look at the fine manual that came with the modem. There's a section in it called "Setting MAC address filtering" which seems to allow me to do the sort of thing you're suggesting. I really should've looked there first, shouldn't I? Thanks again, Leslie -- Visit http://stumblng.tumblr.com An Australian lawyer's tumblelog about things (some legal, most not) you might otherwise have missed

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Slackware 12.0
by Denise Bates 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hello folks, It seems that Slackware 12.0 has just been released. http://www.slackware.com/announce/12.0.php I am on a dialup connection (and the landline here in Meremere is particularly slow, noisy and unreliable). Is anyone planning on downloading either the DVD, or the CD version? If so, I would be grateful if you could burn me a copy as well. I can pick up the DVD/CDs and I would be glad to compensate you for your trouble. regards, ********************************************* Dr Denise J. Bates, PO Box 50, Meremere 2441 New Zealand E-mail: dbates(a)iconz.co.nz Telephone 09-2336433 Mobile 021-2541330 *********************************************

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Saturday Workshop
by Roderick Aldrdge 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Do you know anybody who is showing interest in Linux but is hesitating to try it? Or trying it but having a few problems,? Or having problems with viruses and nasties or other problems with Windows who would be open to trying another (better) option? This is your opportunity to give them a flying start. The last workshop could have helped more people. Details on the Wiki at http://wlug.org.nz/SaturdayWorkshop.2007-07-07 Rod

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How to mount a usb drive at boot time
by Glenn Ramsey 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Hi, I have a usb drive that I would like to use for automatic backup and I'd like for it to be mounted at boot time and treated the same as any other disk. I found these instructions which describe exactly what I want to do... <http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/10/07/suse-automatically-mount-usb-hard-dri…> However I'm running Ubuntu feisty and those instructions don't work properly for this distro. During boot the fsck stage fails because the disk isn't mounted yet (Well I think that's what's happening). After boot up manually running 'mount -a' mounts the drive as expected. Anyone know how to get this working? Or is there an alternative approach? I figure I could just run mount -a in rc.local but then how would the fsck get to run every nth mount? Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz

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Clonezilla
by Ian McDonald 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

This Norton Ghost like software looks quite interesting: http://www.linux.com/feature/115208 -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz WAND Network Research Group

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