Wireless network problem after upgrade to 8.04

[Derek Broughton]

Ken McLennan wrote:

> G'day there Derek,
> 
>>> PRO/Wireless 3945ABG wireless network card and connected reliably
>>> without problem.
>>>     
>>
>> Connected to what?
>>   
>     Connected to the wireless modem in my desktop downstairs. The
> desktop is just an internet gateway/fileserver running XP.

OK, that's good.  Then sure, you need ad-hoc networking, but I'm still
wondering about the DHCP ...

>>> eth1-avahi gave an address but whenever I pinged from there
>>> I was told it didn't exist.
>>
>> You don't want that anyway.  It's a zeroconfig address that has
>> absolutely no value I've ever found.
>     Ahhh right!!!   That might explain why I can never get any sense out
> of it. I still have no idea how avahi works (not tried looking it up
> either, I'm sure I could find out if I wanted to).

I have no idea how (or even if) avahi works either, and I've tried...

See my post elsewhere in the thread for actual ideas :-)
-- 
derek