Wireless problem in Linux
Discussion
Well, after being told on another thread that wifi problems were generally driver related, and that there was nothing wrong with the wifi support in Linux, I decided to give it another try, just as an alternative to use for a change when I fancy using something other than W7.
I downloaded Linux Mint, which I have read is one of the better distros out there.
I tried the Live CD, and sure enough everything went ok.
Seemed to pick up my wireless adapter straight away, and found the wireless network. Click on it, asks for a password, as it should, and connects. Superb thought I.
Spoke too soon. Open Firefox, "page cannot be displayed". Oh great! So Linux STILL doesn't have good wifi. I mean after all, my iphone was using my wifi connection just fine. As does W7.
Weird thing is, if I typed my router ip address in, it connects to it fine. So the link is there, it just doesn't seem to want to connect out into the internet.
Suspecting a possible DNS issue, I tried using an openDNS address, but nope, makes no difference. Pinging doesn't seem to do anything. So it looks fine, I just can't get the internet to work on it.
Oddly enough though, there is a BT OpenZone point near me, so I tried that, and sure enough, it went on fine. So it appears to have some issue with my router. But why, when my iphone, wii, and W7 all work fine with it? I don't understand?
Any ideas? Its a shame really because it seemed really fast and responsive and that was when it was running from the CD!
I downloaded Linux Mint, which I have read is one of the better distros out there.
I tried the Live CD, and sure enough everything went ok.
Seemed to pick up my wireless adapter straight away, and found the wireless network. Click on it, asks for a password, as it should, and connects. Superb thought I.
Spoke too soon. Open Firefox, "page cannot be displayed". Oh great! So Linux STILL doesn't have good wifi. I mean after all, my iphone was using my wifi connection just fine. As does W7.
Weird thing is, if I typed my router ip address in, it connects to it fine. So the link is there, it just doesn't seem to want to connect out into the internet.
Suspecting a possible DNS issue, I tried using an openDNS address, but nope, makes no difference. Pinging doesn't seem to do anything. So it looks fine, I just can't get the internet to work on it.
Oddly enough though, there is a BT OpenZone point near me, so I tried that, and sure enough, it went on fine. So it appears to have some issue with my router. But why, when my iphone, wii, and W7 all work fine with it? I don't understand?
Any ideas? Its a shame really because it seemed really fast and responsive and that was when it was running from the CD!
pbirkett said:
Suspecting a possible DNS issue, I tried using an openDNS address, but nope, makes no difference. Pinging doesn't seem to do anything. So it looks fine, I just can't get the internet to work on it.
Does sound like DNS, Can you right click on the wireless icon on the top bar and see what connection info says ? below is an my details.
Has your wireless router got any DNS settings configured.
Editted to add my laptop wireless config info.
Edited by plover on Saturday 27th February 13:49
Take Firefox out of the equation for now.
Open a console, and try 'ping www.google.com' . Does it work?
If not, can you ping an IP on the internet, e.g. 8.8.8.8 ?
If not, can you ping the router?
If all those things work, but Firefox still doesn't, is it in offline mode? (file -> work offline...)
Open a console, and try 'ping www.google.com' . Does it work?
If not, can you ping an IP on the internet, e.g. 8.8.8.8 ?
If not, can you ping the router?
If all those things work, but Firefox still doesn't, is it in offline mode? (file -> work offline...)
Edited by ovlovist on Saturday 27th February 14:15
Well, just tried by ip, and no difference:-
Firefox can't be in offline mode as it will still see my router, and it was able to see the BT OpenZone page when I connected to their access point.
ETA: I've noticed that windows claims the same IP as Linux is, that couldn't have something to do with it perhaps? Seems odd if so.
Firefox can't be in offline mode as it will still see my router, and it was able to see the BT OpenZone page when I connected to their access point.
ETA: I've noticed that windows claims the same IP as Linux is, that couldn't have something to do with it perhaps? Seems odd if so.
Edited by pbirkett on Saturday 27th February 14:32
pbirkett said:
ETA: I've noticed that windows claims the same IP as Linux is, that couldn't have something to do with it perhaps? Seems odd if so.
dhcp server on the router will assign ip to a mac address. Your machine will have the same mac regardless of os used, so the same ip makes sense.Edited by pbirkett on Saturday 27th February 14:32
pbirkett said:
Well, thats that mystery over, i've just given Linux a static IP and I'm now posting this message from Linux!
Doh!
Seems my router may have been getting confused ?
Conversely, my router didn't resolve the hostname of a machine with a statically assigned IP running Gentoo. Switch to dhcp and the router picked it up immediately Doh!
Seems my router may have been getting confused ?
Glad it's up and going. Media files playing alright?
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