[SATLUG] Learning Linux...

[John C]

Thomas King wrote:
>>>> My main questions, though, involve networking, both wired and wireless.
>>>>
>>>> Wired: Out of the box, Ubuntu will find a wired access to the internet,
>>>> and lock on instantly (Cisco/Linksys router).  However, getting it onto
>>>> my home network (server is Windoze 2000, NTFS4, with ), where it can map
>>>> and mount drives presently escapes me. I've gotten Ubuntu to recognize
>>>> and mount my laptop's FAT and NTFS drives without incident, but across
>>>> the network...?
>>>>
>>>> And then, there's my wireless problem...  I've done IWCONFIG (at root)
>>>> until I'm blue in the face.  Sometimes, my system can't make up its mind
>>>> whether its accessing wlan0 or eth1 (eth0 is the cable), and even when I
>>>> think I have my settings nailed, they don't hold past the first reboot.
>>>> Help?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Have you installed Network Manager? I personally like using it a great deal
>>> more
>>> than futzing with the CLI. It seems to manage wired and wireless effortlessly,
>>> although I've never tried running both wired and wireless at the same time. I
>>> must admit I cannot remember if it runs by default already in the latest
>>> versions, though.
>>>
>>>       
>> Hmm. I have, and can access it via the Gnome Control Center.  However,
>> it only seems to acknowledge WEP security on wireless networks.  Mine's
>> WPA2-TKIP.  On the wired side, DHCP works, and I have a network IP
>> address, but still cannot seem to access or mount my server's shared
>> folders.  Any thoughts? (BTW: I can work GUI or CLI with equal comfort,
>> and I have Microsoft Services for UNIX installed on my server...)
>>     
>
> If WPA/WPA2 are not showing up as options, ensure you have wpa_supplicant
> installed. I did have WPA and Network Manager connected with little issue on my
> home network. I've moved backwards to WEP for some experimentation recently.
>
> For the network shares, you'd want to go under Places > Network (heck if I can
> remember the name of the menu option offhand). If you've tried this already, are
> those shares accessible from other machines? Are you using a host name or IP
> address when trying to access the share? I've had the best luck keeping the
> server's IP address static and using that address instead of a host name when
> connecting to a share. Can you actually ping the server? What are the share and
> NTFS permissions on the server?
>
> Others may have better insight and may add better information.
>   
i just dl'd and ran the latest (7.04 Ubuntu) on my Gateway laptop. WPA2
was in by default. It found my network, connected me, and prompted me
for my password without a problem. I was able to map and use my HP 5N
printer and my heavily rigged...file server.

maybe you should give that a try.