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

[Josh Bluestein]

It seems to work now.  I suspect that my problem was that I wasn't
getting fully connected somehow, but when I started it up tonight it
all came up nicely.  Yay!  Thanks!

Josh

On Dec 22, 2007 3:20 PM, Michael Stone <michael at laptop.org> wrote:
> 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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