All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go (Wireless USB Adapter)

[Joel Bryan Juliano]

On 3/4/07, gary hypes <ghypes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Room A -- PC/WinXP --> wireless router --> DSL modem --> internet, works
> fine
>
> Room B -- PC/WinXP --> wireless adapter -- works fine
>
> Room C -- PC/Ubuntu 6.10 --> wireless adapter
>
>
>  I've finally gotten my Ubuntu 6.10 system to recognize my Netgear wireless
> adapter (as wlan0) ... and I've configured it (properly, I think), DHCP,
> using my ISP domain ( sbcglobal.net ) as the ESSID... and I think it "sees"
> the wireless router that's hanging off of my WinXP system in room A; under
> "Networks" an icon pops up that says "Windows Network."
>
> But what I still don't have is any connectivity to the outside world. I feel
> like I'm missing something, or haven't done something, but I don't know
> what.
>
> I've tried running pppoeconf, and it sees wlan0, but it keeps coming back
> saying something about unable to get the ISP to acknowledge the Access
> Concentrator. Also, in past years, when I've gotten pppoeconf to work over a
> hard NIC to the DSL modem, it prompted me for username and password
> information -- something which is not happening with pppoeconf now.
>
> Any suggestions? I'm getting frustrated and desperate enough to think about
> popping $250 for Ubuntu Canonical tech support. 'Rather not, though.
>

my friend told me a story about his cousin abroad which is a total
newbie about computers and wants to learn linux, the kid's parents
then paid for the canonical support and buy him an ubuntu unleashed
book. Now the kid knows more about Linux than he is. Funny story. :-)


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