hello,
so i have a desktop running xp and laptop running debian etch 2.6.20. both connected to my wireless ap just fine until my cat spilled water on it. i replaced it with an older one, now the xp machine connects just fine, but the linux box wont connect. it is an open network with no auth. some things i have tried:
connecting through knetworkmanager
sudo ifup eth0
sudo iwconfig eth0 essid NETGEAR
sudo iwconfig eth0 rate 54M
sudo dhclient
dhclient just times out
i have tried statically setting up the ip to no effect.
the closest i have come is when i add
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
wireless-rate 54M
wireless-essid NETGEAR
pre-up ifconfig eth0 up
to /etc/network/interfaces
when i do this no wireless networks show up in knetworkmanager, but immediatly i can run dhclient and bind to an ip address. the problem is that the internet runs incredibly slow, like 2 minutes to load google.com. dont know enough to see if this is a dns issue, however i have tried connecting to website via an ip address to the same mollasses effect.
any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
thanks
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