Not sure when you were there, but I think they still disable connectivity after hours. If it's during open hours, they have staff that can contact IT to see if others are having problems, or you could just e-mail the library directly to see if others are having issues. Not sure what distro / network config you're using, but is your dhcp client installed / up to date? Your wifi drivers shouldn't be the issue, most Intel chips work well practically out of the box on most distos (as appears to be the case with your log). Oh, sometimes the hardware toggle can cause problems - do you have a switch for that on your laptop? Check out rfkill if you do. -- Jeremy MountainJohnson Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Erik Mitchell <erik.mitchell at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > Wondering if anyone else has had a problem connecting to Wifi at a > Hennepin County library. I was at the Edina branch today, and I was > not able to connect -- I could see a lot of available access points, > but my machine continuously failed to get an IP address. > > I've got an older Thinkpad with an intel adapter. Here's the info from my > dmesg: > > erikm at hemingway:~$ dmesg | grep iwl > [ 6.417652] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network > Connection driver for Linux, in-tree:s > [ 6.417656] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation > [ 6.417720] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> > IRQ 17 > [ 6.417736] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 > [ 6.473205] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 > 802.11a channels > [ 6.473209] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link > 3945ABG > [ 6.473359] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X > [ 6.564456] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm > 'iwl-3945-rs' > [ 22.132836] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 15.32.2.9 > > > Unfortunately I didn't get details on the infrastructure they have at > the library. I can probably go get that at some point in the next few > days if necessary. > > Has anyone run into this kind of issue? > > -Erik > > -- > Erik K. Mitchell > erik.mitchell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list