On July 29, 2005 08:49 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Friday 29 July 2005 10:07 am, John Wilson wrote: > > On July 29, 2005 06:49 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > On Friday 29 July 2005 01:28 am, John Wilson wrote: > > > > Well, I finally got the card to work in my laptop after some playing > > > > about with ndiswrapper. I've about given up on madwifi even if it > > > > looks like it makes life a whole lot easier when it gets loaded. But > > > > I'll keep hammering away on that too. > > > > > > > > Now the issue is connecting to my router. I'm not getting an IP > > > > assigned, which may not be a surprise when we get a bit further into > > > > this, actually. > > > > > > > > Part of me, though, is suspicious that I'm also in trouble because > > > > I'm either very thick (a good possibility) or I'm just not getting > > > > it. > > > > > > > > To start with the load of ndiswrapper went well... > > > > ******** > > > > ndiswrapper version 1.0 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no) > > > > ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,05/31/2003,2.4.0.71) added > > > > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:06:02.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 > > > > ndiswrapper: using irq 22 > > > > wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:f5:61:56:dc using driver > > > > net5211 wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA > > > > with AES/CCMP [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# iwconfig > > > > lo no wireless extensions. > > > > > > > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > > > > > > > eth1 no wireless extensions. > > > > > > > > sit0 no wireless extensions. > > > > > > > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any > > > > Nickname:"russell.johnshome.lan" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz > > > > Access Point: > > > > 00:00:00:00:00:00 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s > > > > Encryption key:off > > > > Link Quality:21/100 Signal level:-95 dBm Noise level:-256 > > > > dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx > > > > excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 ******** > > > > > > > > or at least it appears to have. > > > > > > > > However at the configuration level I'm facing something I'm not > > > > altogether sure of. Sorry for the pngs here. :) > > > > > > > > In snapshot1 there is some configuration to be done. The nearest > > > > thing I can find after nearly endless searching on the net is the > > > > country code. I'm not even sure it matches the router at the moment > > > > but I can fix that. Outdoor and xchanmode have me baffled. > > > > > > > > In snapshot2 there are some more options and again I'm quite baffled > > > > as to what I need and don't need. Later on there are questions about > > > > RTS/CTS and other things which I am familiar with but haven't much of > > > > a clue about what, if anything to do with them. > > > > > > > > One important thing I have noticed is that my card is listening on > > > > channel 1 and I know the router is transmitting on channel 6. I'm > > > > not sure how to change my card, either. > > > > > > > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated as I'm bleeding from > > > > tearing out my hair so much. :-) > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > ttfn > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > My experience with home network is that most of the stuff you mention > > > is not critical to the function. I do see that you don't show a MAC > > > for the router in wlan0. So take a look at /etc/sysconfig/ and see if > > > there is a file ifconfg-wlan0. I can't remember if you have already > > > gone through this. If not, create it and put the following with your > > > network info in it instead of what I show. > > > DEVICE=wlan0 > > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > > > HWADDR=00:90:4b:57:ea:5b > > > ONBOOT=yes > > > TYPE=Wireless > > > MODE=Auto > > > ESSID= > > > CHANNEL=1 > > > IPADDR= > > > DOMAIN= > > > NETMASK= > > > USERCTRL=no > > > PEERDNS=yes > > > GATEWAY= > > > IVP6INIT=no > > > RATE=Auto > > > DHCP_HOSTNAME= > > > USERCTL=no > > > > > > I also have set mine up with static IP addresses instead of the auto > > > with dhcp server. HTH > > > > Hi Dennis, > > > > Thanks, btw. > > > > This is my ifconfig-wlan0 > > DEVICE=wlan0 > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > > ONBOOT=yes > > HWADDR=00:11:f5:61:56:dc > > METRIC=10 > > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes > > USERCTL=yes > > WIRELESS_MODE=Auto > > WIRELESS_ESSID=yrr18itta3 > > DHCP_CLIENT=dhclient > > DHCP_HOSTNAME=192.168.1.1 > > NEEDHOSTNAME=no > > PEERDNS=yes > > PEERYP=no > > PEERNTPD=no > > > > Now, I'm kinda assuming that the HWADDR shown here is of my card on my > > laptop. So where do you set the MAC for the router? I do know that so I > > need to know where to set it. > > > > Thanks again. > > > > ttfn > > > > John > > That looks pretty good. The confusing part for me is that these scripts can > change depending on where you set up from. So the one thing I don't see is > the channel or frequency. Look in the setup gui for your router and see > what channel it automatically sets up on. Mine is channel 11 or 2.462Ghz. > The router and the nic must be talking on the same freq. Looks like you > know as much or more than I do about this stuff but maybe between the two > of us we can sort you out. HTH
Yeah, I spotted that when I saw yours. It's getting plugged in as I write this. We'll get it sorted out. Thanks again! ttfn John -- This communication is sent to you from a Microsoft free computer running Mandriva Linux 2005 LE. There are no virii, worms, spyware or other nasties in this email.
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