On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 04:54:42PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hi all, > > In some airports, and today at a university > I've failed to join "unsecured" networks. > > I've been using wicd-gtk. > > The failure takes the form of a time-out during the get IP > address stage.
Today I found, that if I went back to wpa_gui, I could associate with the access point and then use dhclient to get an IP address. I'm mystified that wicd doesn't get that right, and a little disappointed that it is not a silver bullet for my wifi connection. Greetings, Joel > I had a look at /var/log/wicd/wicd.log. > > 2014/08/05 09:51:29 :: Connecting to wireless network Foo-University > 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Putting interface down > 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Releasing DHCP leases... > 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Setting false IP... > 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant > 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Flushing the routing table... > 2014/08/05 09:51:30 :: Putting interface up... > 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: Running DHCP with hostname sprite > 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: dhcpcd[4463]: version 6.0.5 starting > 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: > 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: dhcpcd[4466]: wlan1: starting wpa_supplicant > 2014/08/05 09:51:32 :: > 2014/08/05 09:51:33 :: dhcpcd[4463]: wlan1: waiting for carrier > 2014/08/05 09:51:33 :: > 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: dhcpcd[4463]: timed out > 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: > 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: DHCP connection failed > 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: exiting connection thread > 2014/08/05 09:52:03 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed > > I believe these networks expect some user interaction. > For example, for the Foo-University network, I was told > to use my email address as the password. However, using > wicd, there is no opportunity to even enter a password. > > At Phoenix airport, I heard an announcement that I could > use internet via Boingo hotspot. > > The wicd-gtk listing showed the network as "unsecured". > I expected to get an IP address, then, in the browser, > a page asking for money before I can continue. I didn't > get this, just the failure to get an IP address. > > The wicd.log file shows the same pattern as above. > > I'd appreciate any hints!! > > Kind regards, > > Joel > > > > > -- > Joel Roth > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140806025441.GA1546@sprite > -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140806162641.GA2056@sprite
