[ltp] wireless config problem (TP40 SuSE 9.2 ipw2100)

[Tim Prince]

At 12:56 PM 12/5/2004, Eben King wrote:

>On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Tim Prince wrote:
>
> > At 10:14 AM 12/5/2004, Eben King wrote:
> >
> > >On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Tim Prince wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've got to the point where it boots up with encryption enabled, 
> attaches
> > > > to my access point, and gets a DHCP assignment.  That was a
> > > > struggle.  Still, no apparent connection to internet.  Could it be a
> > > router
> > > > firewall setting?
> > >
> > >If you can ping hosts on your LAN but not beyond, I'd suspect your default
> > >gateway is wrong.  It should be set to the IP address of your router.
> >
> > I can ping the default gateway (as reported when in Windows) by IP, so I
> > added that IP to the wireless card configuration in YaST, but I still 
> don't
> > get beyond the (Windows) machine which is directly attached to the
> > router.  /etc/resolv.conf is left empty.
> >
> > Thanks for help so far.
>
>If your LAN looks like this:
>
>( internet )
>      |
>  router (A)
>      |
>   Windows
>machine (B)
>      |
>   you (C)
>
>then A is B's gateway, and B is C's gateway.

I used the same gateway IP as the T40 uses when it is booted up into 
Windows, with the Dell Windows laptop shut down.


Tim Prince