Can't get wireless to work with kubuntu 9.04

[Errol Sapir]

I see that this thread is over but I still want to put in my 2c. I use 
WICD as my network manager. Since being introduced to that program I 
have NOOOOOOO problems connecting to wireless or wired connection. The 
network manager (I was told - and also found out from my own experience) 
is pretty lousy so WICD, answers the problem very well.
Errol

Nils Kassube wrote:
> David McGlone wrote:
>   
>> This is what my interfaces file looks like on my laptop:
>>
>> auto lo
>> iface lo inet loopback
>>
>> #auto eth0
>> #iface eth0 inet static
>> #address 192.168.2.2
>> #netmask 255.255.255.0
>> #network 192.168.2.0
>> #broadcast 192.168.2.255
>> #gateway 192.168.2.1
>> #dns-nameserver 192.168.2.1
>> #dns-search dmcghome
>>
>> iface wlan0 inet static
>> address 192.168.2.3
>> netmask 255.255.255.0
>> gateway 192.168.2.1
>> dns-nameserver 192.168.2.1
>> dns-search dmcghome
>> wireless-essid dmcghome
>>
>> auto wlan0
>>
>>
>> I had to comment out eth0 because for some odd reason, I couldn't
>> connect to wlan0 with the eth0 info in the file
>>     
>
> I think the odd reason is that both eth0 and wlan0 would be on the same 
> network, i.e. 192.168.2.0. If you don't have your eth0 connected, the 
> network seems to be unreachable because data are sent on either eth0 or 
> wlan0 but not on both at the same time. That is the disadvantage of 
> static entries if your hardware connection isn't static. You have to 
> enable / disable the interfaces manually if they aren't connected.
>
>   
>> Without this info in the file, Internet wouldn't work for me.
>>     
>
> Then you didn't try to use networkmanager or wicd lately, they don't 
> need static entries in the interfaces file. And they can handle 
> switching wired/wireless more or less automatically.
>
>   
>> I doubt this will help, but I hope it does.
>>     
>
> At least it is always interesting to see how others have solved their 
> network problems. Fortunately Bruce seems to have his machine working in 
> the meantime.
>
>
> Nils
>
>
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