Hi,
I have been using Tinycore with my IBM x31 thinkpad for a few months. I use fluxbox as a window manager. As part of my fluxbox menu I have the following lines:
[submenu] (Net)
[exec] (home) {sudo iwconfig eth1 essid "XXXXXXXXXXXX"; sudo iwconfig eth1 key XXXXXXXXXX; sudo ifconfig eth1 up; udhcpc -i eth1}
[exec] (school) {sudo iwconfig eth1 essid "tempest"; sudo ifconfig eth1 up; sudo udhcpc -i eth1}
The X's in the home settings are my address and WEP. These commands allowed my to always reliably and quickly access the internet wireless. I now, can no longer access at home, although I can at school. I have a wireless enabled PDA and using my home essid and WEP key (the same ones as in the lines above) i can still access from home, so that I think the problem is with my computer. Here are the things that may have caused this:
1. I used a persistent usb version of Ubuntu on my computer at school. I tried to get on line using the wireless conection. Rather than asking for my essid and WEP it mentioned something about my VPN. I tried a few things to get on, thinking that I couldn't make any changes which would effect my normal Tiny Core set up. I never got online, but ever since I did this Tiny core has not been able to link to the internet at home.
2. My girlfriends sister was using my wireless over the weekend. However, like I mentioned, I can still access using the same settings I have always used on my PDA, so I don't think she changed anything.
When I type the commands listed above into my root terminal, after:
udhcpc -i eth1
I get:
Sending discover......
repeated over and over again.
If I type in iwlist scan, my network is listed.
Sorry about all the detail but I thought it might help someone who is more knowledgeable solve the riddle.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Andy