[wplug] As usual wifi connection problems.

Max Putas maxblaze at gmail.com
Mon Jul 12 18:27:29 EDT 2010


I believe that library requires a special type of network-based
authentication. It's been a few years since I used it; I would check
with someone at the service desk.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Terence J. Golightly
<vze27hs6 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> If any of you have been to recent meetings, then you might be familiar
> with my connection issues with my laptop.  Sitting next to me now it is
> connected wirelessly to my SOHO router w/o incident.  However, earlier
> today, I went to Squirrel Hill Library and could not get a connection.
>
> iwlist wlan0 scanning
>
> would show all the wireless aps in the area, three of which were for the
> library.  I tried to connect to each one in turn.  No networks found.  I
> would try entering the ssid manually and run dhclient no go. Dhclient
> would time out. I perused the log files of wicd and messages.  All I
> could notice is that it can't find the network.  Is there something new
> with connecting to the library system wirelessly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry
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Thanks,

Max Putas


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