wireless connection issue

[Colin Law]

On 13 June 2011 06:43, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 12 June 2011 22:05, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Quick reply:  I did everything by cable.  I can only connect on ubuntu
>>> with the cable.
>>
>> I think some confusion has arisen from your comment in your original
>> post that "I have a list that comes up in this flat that i show I
>> connect to but can not seem to actually go anywhere" which suggests
>> that you are able to connect but then cannot get out onto the
>> internet.  Hence the requests for further information, which were
>> intended to be performed while connected to the wifi.  Can you clarify
>> the situation by describing what happens when you try to connect?
>>
>> Colin
>>
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>
>
> The other networks are secured as evidenced by the lock icon on
> network manager.  In these cases Network Manager pops up asking for a
> key.  In other cases, where there is no lock icon, you are taken to a
> sign in page on Firefox.  Let's say I connect using Orange.  I am
> taken to Orange's sign in page.  Never having visited that page before
> I am sure I am connected to the router.  Since I have no key I stop
> there.  So I can not connect to the internet with any of the networks
> available in this apartment beyond a sign in page.

The different networks that you see are different routers in the area.
 When you connect to the Orange one you are not connecting to *your*
router but to an Orange wifi hotspot in the area.  You must identify
which of the networks you see is *your* router and connect to that
one.

Colin

>
> Sorry for the confusion.  I hope this clarifies matters.
>
> The wifi was working just fine a few days ago in our other flat so I
> am sure there is a connection issue with this particular router.
>  I
> have found some issues relating to freebox routers and linux on some
> French sites.  My French is not too good so I can't quite understand
> what's going on.
>
> I just removed the Cable.  Network Manager says I am connected to Orange:
>
> $ route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 172.29.249.40   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.248 U     2      0        0 wlan0
> 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 wlan0
> 0.0.0.0         172.29.249.41   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 wlan0
>
> peg at pegubuntu:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> # Generated by NetworkManager
> domain orange-hotspot.com
> search orange-hotspot.com
> nameserver 80.10.46.232