Network Problems

[Alex Mandel]

Ryan Thompson wrote:
>>Open up a terminal and type:
>>ifconfig
>>
>>Do you get an IP address for your wireless card? It might be listed as 
>>wlan0, eth1 anything but lo, eth0.
> 
> 
> I get the IP address for my Laptop, but that's not the problem.  The
> problem is when I start Linux, it no longer connects automatically.  I
> have to connect manually.
> 

Try commenting out the auto line for the ethernet port in 
/etc/network/interfaces so that it doesn't think your wired connection 
is on, its probably defaulting to it.

Network Manager is supposed to detect when you plug into a line to 
gracefully switch between wired/wireless but I still have to tell it to 
connect when I boot.
>>>Opening folders on another computer or local folders that are shared out 
>>
>>to the network? What OS is the share you are connecting to?
> 
> I am connecting from My laptop (Linux) to my Desktop (windows).  It asks
> me for a user name and Password which doesn't exist on the desktop to
> view files.  The strange part is if I hit cancel it lets me see the
> files I want to.  It just pops up with the password prompt every time i
> hit cancel.

Which version of windows are you connecting to, I've found different 
behavior between 2000 and XP, 2000 always asks for a password.

Alex