wireless networking

[John Watlington]

The DNS server provided by your DHCP server will be placed into /etc/ 
resolv.conf
by dhclient.   Don't do this manually.

dcbw might be able to provide info about setting the hostname.   This  
is normally
specified in /etc/sysconfig/network (and mirrored in /etc/hosts), but  
seems to be set
elsewhere on the XO.   The hostname provided to the DHCP server is  
usually
specified in /etc/dhclient.conf,  but again, this doesn't seem to be  
the case on the XO.

John

On Sep 13, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Victor Lazzarini wrote:

> 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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