Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-19 Thread David A. Bandel
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#

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-19 Thread Vern W Heesch
[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 "m

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-18 Thread David A. Bandel
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:35:47 -0800 Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 04 December 2001 06:41 pm, you wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:49:53 -0800 > > > > Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks again David, with your help I almost there! > > > > Vern, > > > > When

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-18 Thread Vern W Heesch
On Tuesday 04 December 2001 06:41 pm, you wrote: > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:49:53 -0800 > > Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks again David, with your help I almost there! > > Vern, > > When you get this all ironed out... why not write up a detailed > step-by-step for the > rest of us

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-04 Thread Jerry McBride
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:49:53 -0800 Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks again David, with your help I almost there! Vern, When you get this all ironed out... why not write up a detailed step-by-step for the rest of us to follow? --

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-04 Thread David A. Bandel
Vern W Heesch wrote: > On Monday 03 December 2001 06:06 pm, you wrote: > [snip] > Thanks again David, with your help I almost there! > I discovered that it has to do with the key. I disabled WEP on the access > point and now it works. The access point has 3 choices for WEP, disabled, > 6

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-04 Thread Vern W Heesch
On Monday 03 December 2001 06:06 pm, you wrote: > Vern W Heesch wrote: > >>[snip] > > > Here is what I have the Access Point as: > > ESSID = linksys1 > > Channel = 1 > > Access Point Name = myap1 > > Fragmentation & RTS Thresholds = 2346 > > Authentication Type = both Open System and Sha

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-03 Thread David A. Bandel
Vern W Heesch wrote: >>[snip] [snip] > > Thanks David. Getting a little closer. I still have something wrong . I don't > have a static ip though. My isp does use DHCP. > > I have been trying to modify the Lucent Wavelan IEEE section in wireless.opts > Here is what iwconfig shows for eth1:

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-03 Thread David A. Bandel
Vern W Heesch wrote: >>[snip] [snip] > > Thanks David. Getting a little closer. I still have something wrong . I don't > have a static ip though. My isp does use DHCP. > > I have been trying to modify the Lucent Wavelan IEEE section in wireless.opts > Here is what iwconfig shows for eth1:

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-03 Thread Vern W Heesch
> [snip] > OK, couple of things: > > 1. you need to edit /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts. Read the file, but at > the very least you'll need to be sure you have something for: > ESSID (that's your network name) > KEY (the crypto key to enter the network -- shame on them if they don't > use one) > > c

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-03 Thread David A. Bandel
Vern W Heesch wrote: > snip > [snip] >> > > Thanks David. That got me closer. It now loads the driver and the cards green > light is active. I still have something wrong though because I can't ping any > other machines here. I am using WEP on the Access Point, perhaps that makes a > differen

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-02 Thread Vern W Heesch
snip > > Yep. You need the hermes.conf file placed in your /etc/pcmcia/ > directory. It's not included with pcmcia_cs, but is required for your > card (mine too, the Orinoco card). > > Attached (hope it comes through). > > > Ciao, > > David A. Bandel Thanks David. That got me closer. It now loa

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-02 Thread Vern W Heesch
> >Any ideas? > > Something's strange with your system. My IBM ThinkPad's running a vanilla > installation of OL 3.1 Workstation, and the only references I see to > wvlan_cs in the /etc/pcmcia are commented out in the config.opts file, and > a note in the wireless.opts file. There's no wvlan_cs

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-02 Thread David A. Bandel
Vern W Heesch wrote: > On Sunday 02 December 2001 04:52 pm, you wrote: > >>On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 04:17:31PM -0800, Vern W Heesch wrote: >>... >>What is in the /var/log/messages file when you insert the card? >> >>Bill >> > > /var/log/messages showed: > > cardmgr[1994]: executing: 'modprobe -

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-02 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 05:30:07PM -0800, Vern W Heesch wrote: >On Sunday 02 December 2001 04:52 pm, you wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 04:17:31PM -0800, Vern W Heesch wrote: >> ... >> What is in the /var/log/messages file when you insert the card? >> >> Bill > >/var/log/messages showed: > >car

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-02 Thread Vern W Heesch
On Sunday 02 December 2001 04:52 pm, you wrote: > On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 04:17:31PM -0800, Vern W Heesch wrote: > ... > What is in the /var/log/messages file when you insert the card? > > Bill /var/log/messages showed: cardmgr[1994]: executing: 'modprobe -r wvlan_cs' kernel: wavelan_cs: unloadi

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-02 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 04:17:31PM -0800, Vern W Heesch wrote: ... >I'm ready to give up and reload windows on my laptop because I am getting >nowhere on this. I have spent about 12 hours trying everything I could think >of. I loaded pcmcia-cs-3.1.30 and also linux-wlan-ng-0.1.10 and still canno

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-02 Thread Vern W Heesch
On Saturday 01 December 2001 03:48 pm, you wrote: > Vern W Heesch wrote: > > I am in need of help with setting up the WPC11 pcmcia card for my laptop. > > I have qwest DSL with a dynamic ip. The laptop is running OpenLinux 3.1. > > I tried to follow the step by step, but I must be missing somethin

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-01 Thread Dave Anselmi
Vern W Heesch wrote: > I am in need of help with setting up the WPC11 pcmcia card for my laptop. I > have qwest DSL with a dynamic ip. The laptop is running OpenLinux 3.1. I > tried to follow the step by step, but I must be missing something. After > loading pcmcia-cs-3.1.30 I now get power to th

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-01 Thread Keith Morse
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Vern W Heesch wrote: > I am in need of help with setting up the WPC11 pcmcia card for my laptop. I > have qwest DSL with a dynamic ip. The laptop is running OpenLinux 3.1. I > tried to follow the step by step, but I must be missing something. After > loading pcmcia-cs-3.1.

Re: Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-12-01 Thread David A. Bandel
Vern W Heesch wrote: > I am in need of help with setting up the WPC11 pcmcia card for my laptop. I > have qwest DSL with a dynamic ip. The laptop is running OpenLinux 3.1. I > tried to follow the step by step, but I must be missing something. After > loading pcmcia-cs-3.1.30 I now get power to

Linksys Wireless Troubles

2001-11-30 Thread Vern W Heesch
I am in need of help with setting up the WPC11 pcmcia card for my laptop. I have qwest DSL with a dynamic ip. The laptop is running OpenLinux 3.1. I tried to follow the step by step, but I must be missing something. After loading pcmcia-cs-3.1.30 I now get power to the card but no 'activity' on