Hi Nelson, Im away for the weekend so I can't try anything til Sunday. But I was pinging www.google.ie as a test at the beginning from the terminal and it was working (on wifi). If i find an open wifi this weekend i' ll try it too. If that works then maybe its just my AP, but I doubt it. Thanks, Bernard On Fri 05/02/10 16:08, "Nelson Ferreira" nelson.ferreira@xxxxxxxx wrote: > 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@runn > ingwithbulls.com> wrote: > > > On 4 Feb 2010, at 20:27, Ville M. Vainio > wrote: > > >> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Bernard Tyers > <b@runn > ingwithbulls.com> >> 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@runn > ingwithbulls.com | T: +353 76 602 1877 | W: > runningwithbulls.com/blog/ | SIP:3156@sip > .blueface.ie > > > "To see what is in front of one's nose requires a > constant struggle." - > George Orwell > > > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > > maemo-u > sers@xxxxxxxxx > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
