Ok so, i managed to fix the no packets received issue

it seems i had to bridge the lan and wireless connections together and now i can use the internet from my lan connection on the wireless one

another issue comes along now, my usual connection requires me to log in to a firewall server using a program called K-net utility which i can't install on the n900 but on the provider's page they say you can log in on other systems by establishing pseudo-tty-less ssh connections using the following code

ssh -t -1 username fw1.k-net.dk

i have installed the openssh server and client on the n900 and tried this command in the x-terminal application but it says "could not resolve hostname, name or service not known

any ideas on this?

bump hopefully