Hi, Your ENC_KEY has to be hex to work (could be wrong). If you can not get the info to stay in the ifcfg-ethx scripts you can pass the ESSID and ENC key via iwconfig.
command line su iwconfig ethx essid youressid iwconfig ethx enc yourhexkey If that works for you create a shell script with those commands to save from typing them over and over again. However, your ifcfg-ethx should not change on a pcmcia or network restart, at least it does not on my system (Mandrake 9). Regards Simon Ree [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:20:30 +0100 Patrick Atlas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Simon, I saved my souls... and my wireless > connection. I have point-by-point followed your > indications and now my Netgear MA401 PCMCIA wireless card > is working fine on my notepad. > > Some points to fix, yet: > > It seems that the > WIRELESS_ESSID > WIRELESS_ENC_KEY > options are erased after reinitialization of the PCMCIA or > the SERVICES, in the ifcfg-ethX file. > Any idea? > > So I need to write the END_KEY. > The KEY must be written in hexadecimal or ASCII? > > Patrick Atlas > > > Le Mardi 29 Octobre 2002 15:37, Simon Ree a écrit : > > On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 20:39:28 -0600 > > > > engage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yesterday, I installed ML 9 on a Compaq Presario 1200T > > > notebook with a Netgear MA401 PCMCIA wireless card. > > > Also, I installed the linux-wlan-ng-0.1.16-pre4 > > > package. The prism2_cs and p80211 modules get loaded > > > and the wireless card LED indicates that it sees the > > > AP (steady LED light) which seems to indicate that the > > > config files are properly set up. But the AP doesn't > > > show it associated . Using ifconfig to configure wlan0 > > > gives an error that no such device exists but it does > > > give it an IP address. ifconfig wlan0 shows that it is > > > up and running. But, I can't ping the AP (network is > > > unreachable). I can ping the address for wlan0 though. > > > I've spent hours researching how-to's and faq's but > > > I'm at a loss as to how to get this card to work. Any > > > suggestions? > > > > I had many of the same problems and never managed to get > > the wlang drivers to work with my Linksys wpc11 card. > > Binding the card to orinoco_cs works great with minimal > > set up and works with your MA401. > > > > Uninstall wlang > > Install the wireless tools package from your distro cd. > > Copy the attached hermes.conf file to etc/pcmcia > > service pcmcia restart > > service network restart > > mcc & > > > > Reconfigure your network connections, you should now > > have your card detected. You can set the WIRELESS_ > > options on one of the configurations panels but they get > > tossed whenever you make a subsequent change, so I > > manually set them in the ifcfg-ethX file. > > > > To manually set the options edit your > > network script: > > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX (X being your > > eth number) > > > > Add the following entries if you need them: > > > > WIRELESS_ESSID="yourAP" > > WIRELESS_ENC_KEY="whatever your 128bit key may be" > > > > service network restart > > > > and you should be on your way, hope this helps. Your > > cards manfid may be different to the one in my > > hermes.conf file. Just run > cardctl ident from the > > command line to get your cards specific manfid and edit > > the hermes.conf file. This is the only method that >I< > > have been able to get to work with my cards and I have > > tried many a method. If someone knows exactly how to > > do this any easier I would love to know. > > > > Simon Ree > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
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