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I do get nameresolution only sometimes although resolv.conf lists the 
correct nameserver.
You have to try a few ifup eth0 and ifdown eth0 and it has proven 
helpful to run commands more than once (e.g. ping www.openmoko.org 2-3 
times after each other)

Bastian Feder wrote:
> Hi,
> I also managed to connect to WPA2 and open hotspots. But do not get a
> nameresolution. I will work on that tonight ... perhabs I find the
> problem.
> Any idea on your side? Do you get nameresolution?
>
> hf
> Bastian
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> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Matthew Lane <malane at purdue.edu> wrote:
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>> Stephen Shelton wrote:
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>>> I've been beating my head against the wall trying to get my FR to connect to any
>>> secured wireless AP. It has no trouble connecting if there is no encryption, but
>>> I've had no luck otherwise.
>>>
>>> If anyone has had a better experience than me, perhaps you could take a look at
>>> the "GTA02 WLAN" page on the wiki (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_WLAN) and
>>> contribute or clean up.
>>>
>>> Most specifically, I keep getting messages such as "ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]"
>>> which would lead me to believe the kernel is unhappy...
>>>
>>> Much thanks to anyone who might contribute...
>>>
>>>       
>> I've spent a great deal of time messing with WIFI also.  Once I get some
>> more experience with the OM platform, I might contribute to building a
>> gui network manager.
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>> I also get that error message when starting udhcpc.  All the tricks lie
>> in your wpa_supplicant.conf file located in /etc/wpa_supplicant/.  There
>> are a few [poorly] written syntax tutorials to create this
>> wpa_supplicant, but once you get the swing of it, it's not too bad.
>> What kind of network are you attempting to connect to?  I haven't
>> figured out how to connect to my university's PEAP network yet, but I
>> have gotten WPA2 & Open networks to connect successfully.
>>
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