On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 20:30:41 -0500 "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Len Lawrence wrote: > > > This simpleton needs help again! > > > > desktop: Mandrake 9.2 PowerPack - stock kernel 2.4.22-10 laptop: > > Mandrake 9.2 download edition - empkernel 2.4.22 > > > > I have a desktop system connected via a D-Link cable modem to > > BlueYonder and an EmperorLinux laptop with an Orinoco wireless > > network card. In nine months I have never got round to networking > > the laptop but I did get a Belkin broadband/DSL gateway router. > > After nine months I think it is time I used it. The problem is I > ---------- chomp chomp ---------------- > > I am hoping that the new MAC address will be registered with > > BlueYonder automatically when the router is plugged in (?). > > > You may have to go to the setup screen on the router, and tell it to > mimic the MAC address of the desktop. This is covered in the router > instructions. If your desktop is set up to use DHCP, (it probably is.), > you should be all set. The desktop will get its settintgs from the > router instead of from the cable modem. The wireless setup should be > easy as well. Make sure you can connect from the laptop first, before > playing with WEP. It makes troubleshooting easyer if you do things one > step at a time. Besides, if you log into the router from the laptop, > and then generate the key, you can cut and past the key before > sctivating it, so you don't have to type it. (I hate it when I mistype > a 128bit key!) > > Mikkel Thanks for the advice. Much simpler than I expected - and yes, one step at a time is definitely my default mode. WEP - could not find a definition for that but worked out that it probably means Wireless Encryption Passphrase. The laptop side should be easy as you say. The system logs show that EmperorLinux managed a successful wireless connection before dispatch. -- Len Lawrence
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