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

[morpheus]

Tim,
Are you reading any of my posts?
If /etc/resolv.conf is empty, you won't be able to access the Internet
except by IP address.
Try this:
ping yahoo.com
ping 216.109.112.135

If the first one fails, and the second one works, your gateway address
is fine and you just need to add your DNS to the /etc/resolv.conf

If they both fail, your GW address could be wrong.

-m

On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 15:44 -0800, Tim Prince wrote:
> At 01:48 PM 12/5/2004, Eben King wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Tim Prince wrote:
> >
> > > 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:
> > > > >
> > > > > >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.
> > > >
> > > >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.
> >
> >What does that gateway address point to?  Also, if you can use DHCP in
> >Windows, why not use it in Linux?  Also, without using DHCP, if
> >/etc/resolv.conf is empty, names not in /etc/hosts won't be resolved.
> >
> >-
> 
> It appears to be the wireless router gateway address.
> 
> Since I got DHCP to assign an address for the wireless card under linux, I 
> thought I was using it.  If /etc/hosts is an alternative, I guess I'll try 
> putting names there.
> 
> 
> Tim Prince 
>