Problem moving a laptop between two networks

[Tom Browder]

On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 09:44, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I have been trying to use a laptop which works just fine on my home
> wireless and wired networks at my son's home.
> We both are running Ubuntu 10.04.1. I know about changing the
> /etc/network/interfaces and the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf files.
...
> When I attempt to bring up a wireless connection I am unable to do so;
> my system does not appear on his network. A wired connection works,
> however. What am I missing?

First of all, I highly recommend using package wicd--cured all network
problems for me.

Then see what happens.

Cheers,

-Tom

Thomas M. Browder, Jr.
Niceville, Florida
USA