I created a wireless network on a MacBook Pro, and then set it to share the incoming wired network connnection, so that any machine that connects to that wireless network will be able to see the internet through the MBP laptop. If I then select the wireless network on a SuSE 10.2 GNU/Linux distribution machine (no problem seeing the network), the SuSE box connects successfully and I can surf the web thru the link. I have no security set up on this temp wireless connection, so we avoid that as an issue for the moment.

If I try to do the same with Chumby, it finds the wireless network. I set it to automatic, and tell it to do its thing, but it then returns with a "failed to obtain IP address" and "chumby.com is unavailable".

Repeat experiment a few times, all with the same results. Any ideas why chumby-san doesn't successfully talk through the provided network connection?

-Mike Bentley