[LUGSB] Difficulty getting on to AirNet

[Tim Johnson]

JT,
   
    I had setup a laptop where the "limited access" did not work 
naturally, but as soon as I setup PPTP it worked fine. Its not that hard 
to setup PPTP really. Come to next week's meeting on Tuesday and we can 
help you out.
   
    -Tim Johnson

JT wrote:
> I am a new SB student finally, and my Debian system does not
> automatically work with AirNet.  While I was aware of the complexities
> involving PPTP for full network access, I don't even get the limited
> network access.  I can connect to the "AirNet" ESSID, and recieve an
> ip address 10.254.* I think.., but I cannot ping or visit any web page
> after this, and I not get forwarded.  Is the only way to get any
> AirNet access through setting up PPTP?
>
> Thank you.
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