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Re: interesting wireless card and linux issue


From: mark-g () sc rr com
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:06:09 -0400

Is there there active firewall services set up? If so try turning them off and see if you can access the internet. 

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From: charles.tendell () us army mil
Date: Monday, August 23, 2004 2:29 pm
Subject: interesting wireless card and linux issue

ok heres the problem I have a linksys wireless router and a 
motorola wireless card on my laptop im running dual boot xp suse 
9.1. 
when im wireless on windows everything works fine, howeverwhen im 
on suse the card detects the network and i can ping to the router 
its pulling an ip adress and everything on the router is set up as 
default with no WEP. why is it that i cannot access the internet 
aand how can i fix this 
thankx in advance 

ive already checked the routing tables and done the renew on the 
network connection in use i just cannot get to the internet 

Charles



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