<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 10 Feb 2008, at 18:12, Bennett Todd wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">2008-02-10T22:39:53 James:<br></font><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> /sbin/iwconfig eth0 essid linksys<br></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> /sbin/iwconfig eth0 key C55999D652<br></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> /usr/sbin/olpc-update 656<br></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">... but the virtual console complained:<br></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> Could not download update contents file from:<br></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> rsync://updates.laptop.org/build-656/contents<br></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> I don't think you're connected to the Internet.<br></font></blockquote><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br>(1) can you ping 192.168.1.1? If no, you didn't associate with AP, I<br> don't know what to suggest. But if yes,</font></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Bennett,</div><div><br></div><div>On both XOs, if I try to connect using the steps above, I get this:</div><div><br></div><div> # ping 192.168.1.1</div><div> connect: Network is unreachable</div><div><br></div><div>On the XO that works, the steps above do not lead to the icon for linksys in the Network GUI becoming active; rolling over the linksys icon does not reveal a "Disconnect" option in the contextual menu that appears.</div><div><br></div><div>Even if I execute...</div><div><br></div><div> # /sbin/iwconfig eth0 ap 00:18:39:B3:62:3C</div><div><br></div><div>... after the other iwconfig commands, I still cannot ping 192.168.1.1.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I've also tried:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> # /sbin/ifup eth0</div><div> Determining IP information for eth0... failed</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">(2) I can't find host, but it you try to ping updates.laptop.org<br> does it find its IP or not?</font></blockquote><div><br></div># ping updates.laptop.org</div><div>ping: unknown host updates.laptop.org<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">If not, what's in /etc/resolv.conf, both on the one that works and</font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">the one that doesn't?<br></font></blockquote></div><br><div>On both XOs /etc/resolv.conf contains:</div><div><br></div><div> # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> [Read 6 lines]<br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>As you can see from my other reply to this thread, the initial boot problem has cleared up. The only issue that is still outstanding is getting the affected XO to connect to the Internet.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>What sequence of commands are executed when the user clicks on an icon in the Network GUI (F1)? Can't I simply run these commands in order from the virtual console?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Since I have a second XO which *can* connect to the Internet, and since the affected XO connects automatically via the Mesh Network to the second XO, shouldn't I be able to access the Internet on the affected XO via the connection on the second one?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>James</div></body></html>