[Nottingham] Possibility of help?

[Cat Clarkson]

I assume your daughter is desperate to get online - Internet Services do
provide this guide:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is/uon-wireless/wireless_guides/wireless_linux_setup.php

which may be of help if it's security settings that are going wrong..

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Rory Holland <
modestforagenius at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Yes, my ubuntu connects fine, with my username and password to
> 'uon-secure' and 'UON-guest'
>
> On 05/10/2009, Cat Clarkson <envengcat at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I'm certainly not the most proficient linux user here (by any any
> stretch)
> > but I've configured my laptops with ubuntu on Nottingham University wifi
> > quite a few times, and I'm a PhD student there now, so often available.
>  If
> > no one more qualified turns up, I'd be very happy to help.
> >
> > Cat
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:06 PM, sean <seankenny at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've just sent my daughter off to Uni in Nottingham with an Asus
> >> Netbook running eeebuntu that I set up before she left to
> >> automagically connect to any wifi network she came across (she has
> >> wifi included in her rent). Here in Bristol I tested it to be "fashion
> >> and media studies" student proof and had no problems. however she's
> >> got up there and all her friends Windows laptops are connecting
> >> seamlessly but she can't see any network, let alone configure it. It's
> >> not proved possible to t/shoot with her over the phone and I'm not
> >> going up to visit till the end of October so was wondering if any kind
> >> soul in the LUG might be able to give her a hand. I've told her "I
> >> might be able to get a geek to come round". There's a virtual pint in
> >> it.
> >>
> >> Thanks in anticipation
> >>
> >> Sean
> >>
> >> http://www.bristolwireless.net
> >> http://www.bitcoop.co.uk
> >>
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