[snip] > What card? The linux-wlan-ng stuff will NOT work on hermes cards. All > cards that run the hermes chipset (Orinoco and a pile of others) run WEP. > > Try this: > iwconfig eth# key s:mycryptokey > > Now, any station not running WEP can't talk to you. Windoze stations will > run with "mycry". > > If you're using an Orinoco card, I suggest you upgrade your kernel (to at > least 2.4.14), upgrade your wireless_tools (to at least > wireless_tools.22.tar.gz) and also your /usr/include/linux/wireless.h. > Caldera is hopelessly outdated in this arena. > > After you get stuff running, try: > iwconfig eth# power on > iwspy eth# <IP_of_remote_system> > ping remote system > iwconfig eth# > > you'll see some stats about how good your connection is. There's also a > graphical utility you can use which shows you your SNR (signal to noise > ratio). > > Ciao, > > David A. Bandel
David, This sounds like a lot of work and I'm pretty new to linux, so......can you recommend a distro that may be more up to date? One that works well on a laptop? Oh, and I have the Linksys WAP11 and WPC11. Thanks, Vern _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
