Bernard, I've had some weirdness with the DHCP assignment of DNS servers. Can you try to do a dns lookup of say, www.google.com while on the wifi, just to see if failure to properly take on the DNS servers offered via DHCP is at the root of your issue ? On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:11, Bernard Tyers <b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 4 Feb 2010, at 20:27, Ville M. Vainio wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Bernard Tyers <b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> Sorry to follow up on my own reply but i have now got app installation >>> working but only from 3g connection. >>> >>> My wifi connection is working as a) i can browse the web with it and b) >>> lisgten to web radio and of course c) the wifi router has assigned it with >>> an IP address. >>> >>> Any suggstions? >> >> Perhaps proxy issues? >> >> You will get better feel for the problem by playing around with good >> old-fashioned apt - i.e. install rootsh from extras (using 3g), open >> terminal, sudo gainroot, "apt-get install gpodder" (or somesuch). > > > Hello Ville, > > Thanks for your e-mail. It looks like I jumped the gun with this issue, as > it does not seem to be similar to Daniel's. > > It seems to I have figured out part of the issue. > > So far this I have found: > > * I can install apps using apt-get from the shell (I just installed WifIinfo > from the shell) using the WiFi connection. > > * I can also install apps by shell using 3G. > > * I cannot however install apps using the app manager using wifi. There is > no proxy in my home wifi network, just straight through to the wifi/DSL > router. > > * I can install apps using the app manager using 3g. No issues. > > * I cannot make e-mail connections to my hosted mailserver (using IMAP and > SMTP) using WiFi. > > * I can check, and send mail using 3g. > > * When I disconnect from my WiFi network to connect to 3g, I get > (paraphrasing) an error "operation failed", but it does successfully connect > to 3g. > > It does seem very strange...I have not yet looked at packet level with > wireshark - I was hoping someone may have an idea that would save me the job > :) My WiFi router is nothing special - a Netopia with WPA enabled. No MAC > address filtering or anything advanced. My DHCP server assigns an IP to the > N900 as follows: > > 192.168.1.108 00-bd-3a-88-45-71 Nokia-N900-51-1 > > > I am sure the hardware is different, but I do not have these issues with my > N800. > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > thanks > bernard > > ========== > Bernard Tyers | 34 Ard Rí Road | Dublin 7 | Éire > E: b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | T: +353 76 602 1877 | W: > runningwithbulls.com/blog/ | SIP:3156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > "To see what is in front of one's nose requires a constant struggle." - > George Orwell > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
