[Gllug] Wireless connection drop dead

[Diana Scott]

Hi

>OK, sounds like the problem is at the client (ie your PC) end - or how
>are you judging whether you get a connection?

I place cursor on top of the connection and click 'connect'.

>
>Is you card set up to work in infrastructure mode (ie to work with an
>access point)?
>
>Your card may be expecting to work in "Ad Hoc" mode - meaning it just
>talks to other wireless cards as an equal rather than being governed by
>the master in the router.
>
>Are you set up to use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) - this
>means the IP address for your card is assigned by the router?
>

I am not sure I understand. If I answer I use a laptop, would it help? There 
are a few things suse autoconfiguate for me.  I have a default password and 
an IP address given by the manufactourer.

Diana

>From: Adrian McMenamin <adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk>
>Reply-To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
>To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Gllug] Wireless connection drop dead
>Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:32:37 +0000
>
>On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 18:31 +0000, Diana Scott wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I scan again and found 2 connections - one is mine and the other one is 
>my
> > neighbour's.
> >
>
>OK, sounds like the problem is at the client (ie your PC) end - or how
>are you judging whether you get a connection?
>
>Is you card set up to work in infrastructure mode (ie to work with an
>access point)?
>
>Your card may be expecting to work in "Ad Hoc" mode - meaning it just
>talks to other wireless cards as an equal rather than being governed by
>the master in the router.
>
>Are you set up to use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) - this
>means the IP address for your card is assigned by the router?
>
>How are you judging whether you are connected or not?
>
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