Hi there > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mats Erik Andersson > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:37 PM > To: leaf-user > Subject: [leaf-user] Kernel info on wireless cards and ad-hoc cells > > > Fellow Bering users, > > I have the Serialmonkey's driver rt61 up and running on > Bering-uC since two days now. Since the Broadcom card in my > laptop is not fully cooperative, I have only tested as far as > sending and receiving ssh-trafic coded with 128-bit WEP > between my router and laptop, but granted more time, I will proceed. > > Now this Ralink card convinced me to develop an webconf page > for ad-hoc-nets and I already do produce useful printing. > However, could someone gently inform me on the last column of > /proc/net/wireless. My Bering/Ralink gives me a header WE 18, > whereas Debian/Broadcom says WE 16. I gather the letters > stand for WEP, but the figures escape me completely. Neither > header is followed by any entry on the following line, where > interface data normally goes.
WE stands for Wireless Extensions and this is what you'll need to upgrade in your Debian distro. iwconfig, iwlist and iwpriv are part of the Wireless Extensions. > > Lastly, without asking for message flooding on this list, I > would like to somehow be informed on what other cards you use > in Ad-Hoc with Bering. The Ralink driver supports WPA via > iwpriv, so please do not dismiss this by quickly poking me > with wpa_supplicant. Volontary testers could always give me a > private call if they would like to try whatever comes out of > "adhoc-webconf" > > Regards Mats Erik Andersson Thanks for all your troubles. Luis Correia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
