wireless networking

[Victor Lazzarini]

Thanks, I am now seeing my wireless router on
the machines and can ping other machines connected
to it. Wired internet seems to work (as far as ifconfig
and ping are concerned).

Two questions:

1. How should I set my hostname and fix it to work
with DHCP?
2. How do I add DNS servers? I had a look at the
obvious place, /etc/resolv.conf, but there is
comment saying that it should not be edited (although
the file was empty).

and a third one: how do I set http proxies for the
browser? That is the only way they allow me out of the
lab network. I think yum should work fine through the
proxy once I have everything set up correctly with the
wired network.

Thanks a lot for the assistance.

Victor

>
> On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 14:08 +0100, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Got the delivery of two B4 machines and joined the list
> > today. I am trying to test the system, so would like to
> > get some help. I am starting with networking; I have not
> > yet updated to the latest OS image,  though.
> >
> > I got the two machines side by side. Shouldn't they see
> > each other in Sugar's neighboorhood?
> >
> > I opened the terminal and set them to the same essid but
> still no sign.
>
> Yes, iwconfig is incompatible with NetworkManager because
> iwconfig changes the parameters underneath NM.  You also
> need an IP address before the two will talk, and when NM
> manages the connection, it'll do that for you
> automatically.
>
> If you connect them both to the same AP using the GUI, or
> you remove the saved network config bits in
> ~/.sugar/default/nm/networks and just start them up and
> wait a while, they will fall back to channel 1 and mesh
> with each other.
>
> Dan
>
> > Also, should they not see other AdHoc machines around
> > them (say other windows, linux, OSX).
> >
> > Suggestions?
> >
> > Victor
> > Victor Lazzarini
> > Music Technology Laboratory
> > Music Department
> > National University of Ireland, Maynooth
> >
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