[ltp] Wireless network problem

[Ken Firestone]

Hello,

I am having a problem getting wireless access to work in a local
coffeehouse with my Thinkpad 240 running Linux.

I tred using a setup that has worked on many open acces points, using
dhcp and a wireless.opts set to accept any access point. When I do
this the Orinoco card lights up, but iwconfig says there is no
connection, and ifconfig indicates no ip number assigned. Putting in
the name of the access point, linksys, does not change things. 

Manually assigning an ip number casues iwconfig to report on the
network, but there is no access to the network, outside of other
wireless devices on the network.

It appears that my computer is unable to get an address from the dhcp
server, something the windows computers in the room can do.

I am running SuSE 7.3 with an older kernel. This is an old laptop, and
it may not be up to some of the newer stuff.

The access point is a recent Linksys, which does both 802.11a and g.

What else do I need to report? And does anyone have any suggestions?

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