wifi wEirdneSs hardy heron on everex cloudbook

[Tony Baldwin]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Tony Baldwin wrote:
>> I just got an Everex Cloudbook from ebay, and am having some wifi 
>> issues.  The machine has an oem configured hardy heron on it.
>> I mentioned upgrading to jaunty, but the seller recommended against it, 
>> since the installed software was oem configured for the hardware.
>>
>> Now, first of all, the wifi connected out of the box with the gnome net 
>> applet thingy, but I removed nearly all traces of gnome and installed 
>> ion3 and dwm.
>>   
>     So you decided not to load Jaunty but you ruined your Hardy which 
> was working just fine :-)


It wasn't working fine...It had a bunch of bloated, nauseating eyecandy.
;)

> 
> 
> 
>> So, I am using cli tools to connect, or, in a pinch, wifi-radar.
>> I use
>> sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
>> to get a list of available networks
>> sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid <essidname>
>> to connect, then
>> sudo dhclient wlan0
>> to get an ip from the router.
>> I can connect, sometimes, but behavior is very weird with this thing.
>>   
>     Really not surprising...

Really, why?


... clippage ...

>>   
>     You might try to install wicd that is a superior wifi device. Put 
> wicd in Google and read the wiki about getting it working.


I'll check that out.
Thanks, Karl.

./tony

> 
> 
> 73 Karl
> 
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