[ltp] Wifi on R52 with Ubuntu Hoary

[Paul RIVIER]

hello,

it is pure software issue. Nothing to do with thinkpads, neither the wifi :)
Try to configure network through the ubuntu/gnome "networking" 
application, and to understand each part of it :
 - interfaces
 - DNS
 - Gateway <- here is the solution
 - location (optional)

good luck

paul

Jaime Iniesta wrote:

> Hi! I've got a little question about wifi on my R52, I hope you can 
> help me .
>
> I installed Ubuntu Hoary on my R52 and I'm very happy as all the 
> hardware has been correctly detected and configured out-of-the-box.
>
> I thought the wireless card was not working well because, although the 
> applet connection on GNOME showed that it received a strong signal, I 
> was not able to surf the web with it. Strange enough, I could surf my 
> router's internal web page. It seemed like there was no DNS resolution 
> when using wireless.
>
> Anyway, yesterday I found where the problem was: the wireless card 
> connection is working perfectly, it's only that to have DNS resolution 
> on it, I have to deactivate the LAN (non-wireless) card. It seems like 
> is always trying to go through the LAN card (eth0) instead of wireless 
> (eth1), even if there is no LAN cable attached to it and wireless is 
> available.
>
> This is not a major problem but a bit of a hassle. Most of the time I 
> work wired on the local network, but when I want to go wireless I have 
> to deactivate eth0 first. Could this be done automatically, make my 
> computer smart enough to detect which connection is available and use it?
>
> Thanks !
>
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>
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