Wifi Problems

[iTzZack]

running porteus 3.0 KDE Desktop edition,

I'm on a netbook at my school because porteus make the pc insanely fast while Microsoft windows sucks ass. I tried to connect to wifi but it wont work. not even on a wifi connection with no password. it tries to but then it says no ip address and everything below it is unknown.

[brokenman]

Is the open network designed to be used by the public? Does it connect OK under windows?

[iTzZack]

Is the open network designed to be used by the public? Does it connect OK under windows?

Yes, it is my wifi and I can use it on my phone and it works under windows.

[brokenman]

To make sure it is the netowrkmanager causing the problem try this:

Open up a terminal
Elevate to root where password is toor:

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guest@porteus:~$ su
Password: 
root@porteus:/home/guest#

Start the network wizard tool and answer questions:

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root@porteus:/home/guest# xpns-tool

If this is the only wifi you use then choose yes to make a module at the end. If you use various wifi connections then choose no. Does it work?

[kerfy]

is it possible that you wifi is trying to redirect you to a logon page in yer browser ??