Atreus
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Posted: Mar. 09 2007,01:57 |
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And the plot thickens....
I went and asked nicely when they weren't busy, and now I am even more confused.
First off: The network is definetly open. Anyone can plug in and get on the internet. No configuration / login necessary
So I plugged in at the tech office, on a port usually used by one of the guys there. I was ready to show them that it wouldn't connect. SUPRISE! It worked. I ran netcardconfig, and everything was happy. I was able to get on the internet and check email.
I asked if anything had changed in the past week, and they said no. One of the tech's went then with me to the port I had tried to access before (from when I couldn't get on)
I tried to get on the network and it wouldn't work. Same error as before. He plugged in with his XP laptop and it worked fine for him.
At this point we were both confused. He said the 'public' port (the one that didn't work for me) used a different switch, but that was the only difference.
I decided that further investigation was needed. I got a friend with an XP laptop, and a friend running Kubuntu and we went around and tested ethernet jacks.
The kubuntu and windows laptop could get on the network at every port we tested. I was only able to get on the network on 'non public' ports.
Just to reiterate: there is no configuration required. My friend with the Kubutnu laptop doesn't even attend the University.
So is there a problem with the netcardconfig script?
I tried it with the live cd but it made no difference.....
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