[olpc-community-support] Getting started as a new user

[Michael Stone]

Once you've got an IP address, you just need to set up /etc/resolv.conf
in order to get DNS working.

However, you're absolutely correct that NetworkManager ought to be doing
this for you when you connect to your access point in the Mesh View.

Michael

On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 09:09:16AM -0500, Josh Bluestein wrote:
> Hi all --
> 
> I received my XO yesterday and have played around with it a little
> bit...but it's not quite as automatic and easy to use as I thought it
> would be, so I worry that I may be doing something wrong.
> 
> A little background:  I am a moderately savvy Linux user.  I've built
> and maintained a variety of Unix flavors over the years, but I
> wouldn't call myself a real system hacker.  I don't mind getting my
> hands dirty if I have to, though.
> 
> Anyway:  I was pretty easily able to connect to my wireless access
> point (a Netgear wireless router running WEP).  However, attempting to
> browse the internet, I wasn't able to get anywhere.
> 
> I found ifconfig and determined that I couldn't get anywhere because I
> didn't have a locally assigned IP address.  So I ran dhclient and had
> one assigned to me...
> 
> But I still can't get anywhere-- I think I'm getting DNS errors.  I
> imagine I could sort this out, figuring out the right setup, but I'm
> concerned that this is indicative of some other problem.  Shouldn't it
> just do DHCP setup automatically when I start it up?  Is there
> something I'm missing?
> 
> Like I said, I don't mind doing the work if I need to, but I just want
> to make sure I'm not missing something obvious.  My goal is to hand
> this laptop off to my kid (who is still probably too young for it, but
> won't be that way forever), so the easier the setup is the happier
> I'll be.
> 
> Thanks!
> Josh
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