Internet connection thru Airport

[Joshua Mitchell]

I just added the following line to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

ESSID='My Network Name'

Works beautifully

On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 06:50AM, Harvey Ussery <huboxwood@earthlink.net> wrote:

>There have been many posts to the list by folks trying to connect from 
>YDL to the net using Airport, so I'll pass on my experience in case it 
>can help someone else. I worked for weeks on this problem. Everything 
>seemed to indicate that eth1 (the Airport wireless ethernet interface) 
>was properly configured and--when I would use the Network Device Control 
>or the command line--that it was active. However, I could not ping an 
>outside IP address or browse or send email in Mozilla.
>
>Last night, when I rebooted into YDL from the Mac side, I left the 
>connection thru Airport open, rather than closing it--along with 
>everything else I had open--as I always had before. When I booted into 
>YDL this time, I could successfully ping, open Web pages, send emails. I 
>was there all the time with regard to the essential config chores--I 
>just couldn't open the connection itself if it was closed.
>
>If you have been stymied by this problem, see if you can open the 
>connection before booting into YDL. (In my case, my iMac is dual-boot 
>MacOSX and YDL. Also, my wife's iBook is on the same network, and I can 
>open the connection there.) If so, you too may find that you're "already 
>there." Hope so.
>
>Now, I just have to find out how to open the connection to the Net 
>itself in YDL if it is closed (and of course, turn it back off)--without 
>resort to these outside interventions. Anybody have any ideas?
>
>Thanks.    --Harvey
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Joshua Mitchell
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