Wireless @ Beaumont st

[Daniel Nixon]

Hey Glenn,

I've had a few thoughts that you might be able to try out for me if
you're there tomorrow.
First of all I probably should have disabled ipv6.

I also want to try forcing iwconfig to connect to the AP's mac
address, something like "iwconfig eth1 ap xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" probably.

And then there's Morgan's suggestion to try just manually editing
/etc/network/interfaces.

Let us know how you go.

On 7/8/07, Glenn Davy <glenn at tangelosoftware.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:34:16 am Stuart Hector wrote:
> > Ofcourse, that's providing you guys can get it to connect with ubuntu ;)
> lol - yep indeed - If i get my way I'll be there tomorrow - will let you know
> how i go
>
>
>
>
> >
> > On 07/07/07, Glenn Davy <glenn at tangelosoftware.net> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 03:48:38 pm Stuart Hector wrote:
> > > > Hi Glenn,
> > > > The wireless network reaches roughly from the train station up to Tudor
> > >
> > > St,
> > >
> > > > So basically yes, you can.
> > >
> > > thats just fantastic - 2 or 3 times a mth i spend a day in hamilton,
> > > train all
> > > the classes at http://newcastleaikido.com.au/ and loiter in cafes doing
> > > work
> > > in between, and make a couple of pit stops at lan-tastic (i think thats
> > > what
> > > its called) to check work in/out and emails etc.
> > >
> > > i rekon all kudos to whoever made this happen
> > >
> > > > Stuart
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 21:49:34 +1000
> > > >
> > > > > From: Glenn Davy <glenn at tangelosoftware.net>
> > > > > Subject: Re: Wireless @ Beaumont st
> > > > > To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > > Message-ID: <200707062149.34629.glenn at tangelosoftware.net>
> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 02:25:22 pm Daniel Nixon wrote:
> > > > > > Hi list members,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've just been to the launch of the new free wireless broadband on
> > > > > > Beaumont st, Hamilton[1].
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey there Daniel - sorry -  I can't help with your prob, but can you
> > > > > clarify... does this mean I can sit in _any_ cafe in beaumont st and
> > >
> > > use
> > >
> > > > > wireless? free?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > glenn
> > > > >
> > > > > > Some people from the Newcastle Herald took some pictures of me
> > > > > > using my notebook in a cafe for an article that will probably be in
> > > > > > tomorrow's paper. Hopefully the picture they choose to use contains
> > >
> > > a
> > >
> > > > > > nice view on the Ubuntu sticker on my notebook's lid. ;-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So everyone buy it!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On a more serious note I wasn't able to connect. :(
> > > > > > I used airodump-ng[2] and could see an access point that was
> > >
> > > probably
> > >
> > > > > > the right one because its mac address corresponded to the mac
> > >
> > > address
> > >
> > > > > > that two station's were connecting to. The two stations had
> > > > > > "wireless at beaumont" as their access point SSID which is what we
> > >
> > > want.
> > >
> > > > > > The problem is the access point I could see had something like <len
> > >
> > > =
> > >
> > > > > > 0> as its SSID. It's unprotected as far as WEP/WPA goes and I tried
> > > > > > manually connecting to "wireless at beaumont" in network manager
> > >
> > > without
> > >
> > > > > > any luck (ubuntu feisty by the way).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My suspicion is that the @ symbol in the SSID caused problems. I'm
> > > > > > testing that at home now. Help?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1] http://hamiltontown.com/
> > > > > > [2] http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=airodump-ng
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Regards
> > > > > > Daniel Nixon <dan.nixon at gmail.com>
> > >
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Daniel Nixon <dan.nixon at gmail.com>