1-30-07

In a continuing effort to get the WIFI to work, I have managed to obtain connection twice; once at SFSU and on LINKSYS at my home. For odd reasons, My Wifi will find the network and log itself on automatically. Upon restarting the computer, the system will act as tho no network can be found or has never existed. Even while my laptop is stationary and the windows laptop next to it detects a network, the Ubuntu network manager and Wifi Radar cannot.

What I find interesting is that Wifi Radar will “see” my link sys network and the Ubuntu network monitor will show a 50% (more or less) signal from the Wifi card yet not put together that that is an Internet connection and allow me to access the Internet. The monitor status says that I am disconnected even with the follow attributes I have mentioned.

For the time that I did have an internet connection, I was able to update Ubuntu and partake in some common tasks such as composing e-mails and having chats with friends on Gaim. I only wish I could continue to have a connection so I may try other applications.