Problem moving a laptop between two networks

[Jay Ridgley]

>
> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:14:13 -0500 From: Tom Browder 
> <tom.browder at gmail.com> Subject: Re: Problem moving a laptop between 
> two networks To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general 
> discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: 
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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
Thanks Tom,
 
I installed wicd and have got my laptop working fine on my network (both 
wired and wireless). Next time I visit my son I will see how it goes 
there. If I have problems you may hear from me again(it may be a while 
as he is not in he same city).

Cheers,
Jay

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Jay Ridgley
jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
Registered Linux User ID - 9115
Registered Ubuntu User ID - 23320