Inconsistant wireless
Posted: 29 Jan 2015, 10:49
Hi, Porteus Kiosk absolutely fits the bill for a couple of my customers who want internet access in the staff/lunch room. So simple, secure and easy to set up.
What I do seem to have a problem with is wireless.
I never quite know whether its going to work or not. Seems fine during the build but then seems to work when it feels like it. Not very scientific I know!
I've tried different wireless dongles, tried a combination of rebooting/restarting/rebuilding but I cant actually tell you the exact set of circumstances when it will happen. For example, I've just turned on the kiosk PC next to me and it worked today, after not working last week at all. I rebooted and it worked again. I switched off and then it stopped working. I switched off again, same thing. Third time it started up and the green tick appeared to say there was a network connection and I was on-line.
The only thing I'd say is that on startup, if the green tick does not appear straight away to say "connection established successfully" then it will not connect.
I'm using a manual Wi-Fi setup with a fixed IP and a proxy. I have tried using DHCP with no proxy and the same thing happens.
Can any body help?
Many Thanks.
What I do seem to have a problem with is wireless.
I never quite know whether its going to work or not. Seems fine during the build but then seems to work when it feels like it. Not very scientific I know!
I've tried different wireless dongles, tried a combination of rebooting/restarting/rebuilding but I cant actually tell you the exact set of circumstances when it will happen. For example, I've just turned on the kiosk PC next to me and it worked today, after not working last week at all. I rebooted and it worked again. I switched off and then it stopped working. I switched off again, same thing. Third time it started up and the green tick appeared to say there was a network connection and I was on-line.
The only thing I'd say is that on startup, if the green tick does not appear straight away to say "connection established successfully" then it will not connect.
I'm using a manual Wi-Fi setup with a fixed IP and a proxy. I have tried using DHCP with no proxy and the same thing happens.
Can any body help?
Many Thanks.