On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:15:32 -0800
Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream:
> [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 Caldera is hopelessly outdated in this arena.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.
Sorry. Every distro I've tried has had extremely poor support in the
wireless area. I've tried several and _none_ work as is. Caldera is the
closest, but still not good.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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