I'm kinda stuck on this one, and could use a pointer as to what to do next. Using a laptop running SuSE 9.1Pro with a Cisco Aironet 350 card, I've been able to use my home WLAN (WEP encrypted) and a friend's (unencrypted), in both cases taking IP addresses from the respective DHCP servers, with no problems. But at a Kniko's or Borders, while iwconfig and iwlist show me as being associated to the "tmobile" AP, I never get an IP address. Attempts to ping or traceroute result in "destination network unreachable." I've used the tmobile APs at these same locations many times before, using XP, with nary a problem. This is a pretty serious problem for me, since I live by this laptop, on the road anywhere from 8-10 months/year. If I can't connect to broadband on the road (which is increasingly wireless rather than wired, these days), I'm stuck. So far, I've tried rebooting on location with the card slotted, and 'rcnetwork restart.' I've tried 'ifconfig down' and 'up' on the card, as well. So far, nothing works. I've run out of tricks to try, and Google comes up empty. Anybody have a suggestion?
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18 years ago