[LUGSB] Connecting to airnet

[Benjamin Kudria]

On Sunday 16 March 2008 13:15:23 pm Ibtisam Ul Haque wrote:
> Hey guys,
> I am unable to connect to airnet using ubuntu 7, (for
> over few weeks). I am able to connect to the wireless
> network at home. In uni, when i connect to guestnet, i
> am able to get the login page of it. But with airnet,
> i can't get to any page, not even its login page. I
> get 500 internal error message.   I get the ipaddress.
> Have no firewall setup in ubuntu.
> I am using dell laptop, with the following network
> hardware:
>
> 1394 Network adapter
> Broadcom 440x 10/100 integrated Controller
> Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
>
> Anyone have suggestions as to what is the problem or
> how can i resolve it.

Can you give us some more detail about how you are trying to connect?  Are you 
using Ilya's configuration and connect scripts? [1]

I believe there was some discussion at the last meeting also that using 
Firefox (or, was it any Linux browser?) to attempt to use the login pages 
would trigger the 500 errors on HTTP.

I've got it working using PPTP and Ilya's scripts, I suggest you try that 
method.

Also, can you connect to other APs using Linux? Perhaps there is a problem 
with your wireless drivers - I know Broadcom chips can be tricky, as I have 
one myself.   Are you using the bcm43xx/b43 driver, or ndiswrapper (Ubuntu, 
so I assume the former)?
-Ben

1: http://dotcommie.net/lugsb/PPTP/

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