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 Caldera is hopelessly outdated in this arena.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 -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. -- Nemesis Racing Team motto Internet (H323) phone: 206.28.187.30 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users