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Subject: DNS settings for wireless connection (was: Re: How to scan for wifi hotspots?)

From: Colin Brace <cwb@xxxxxx>

Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:20:52 -0800

Reply-to: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Hi all,

Thanks for the useful responses to my earlier post several days ago. "iwlist scan" works fine for identifying WiFI hotspots, as does KWifiManager.

However, I am still having trouble determining the correct settings for the wireless device profile (eth1) in config-system-network.

If I configure it to automatically obtain the IP number using DHCP (with the "automatically obtain DNS information from provider" option turned on), on activation the program spends a minute or so trying to determine IP information before ending in failure.

However, if I manually supply an IP number such as 192.168.1.2, the connection comes up almost instantly, but DNS lookup doesn't work, hence I can't browse or do anything useful.

For eth0, the RJ45 wire ethernet connection, the DHCP lookup with automatic DNS setting works fine. I have no additional DNS or gateway entries defined.

Suggestions anyone?