Re: [newbie] I want to migrate to Mandrake
- Original Message - From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] I want to migrate to Mandrake On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:59:35 -0600, Teilhard wrote: I cannot set wireless Internet in computer1. Now computer2 which uses the same wireless adapter than computer1 (SMC2662W) has Internet and works just fine. Neither machine lists the adapter in Hardwaredrake. They probably do with usbview. The protocol in the machine where the adapter works is wlan(0). If I go to Mandrake Control Centre (Configure your Computer) and I select Manage Connections it doesn't give the driver the connection is using, so, I cannot know what to try in the computer1. I know (If I am mistaken please correct me) that this device is an Orinoco device. Well, none of the Orinoco drivers work in computer1. Yes, I've had the same experience. I have a a USB wireless adapter that uses prism_usb, but I cannot set up the driver manually using it. I doubt it's a driver problem, though. To end, the adapter SMC2662W is an USB adapter, and I am using Mandrake 10.1. Ah. I hid a similar problem. I installed a wireless USB NIC on a machine, then had to reinstall 10.1 after a nasty power outage. After the re-install, I had a very tough time getting it to configure. What I ended up doing was using Mandrake Control Center to set it up as a LAN connection (not WLAN!). It spotted the USB NIC fine. Then to get it working on my network, I used a small app called wlanfe which allows you to configure the wireless connection. That got it completely working. Then, once it was working, active connection, I went back to mcc, added a real wlan connection, and mcc found it just fine. I can't remember if I set up the wireless stuff at that point or had to go to manage connections after that. But that was the basic procedure: add it as a lan connection, get the connection actually working with wlanfe, then re-add the connection as a wlan connection, and optionally configure it with Manage Connections if need be. Thanks a lot for your feedback, Miark. I got me the Wlanfe little program and I proceeded to follow your example, but I simply do not have an idea of how to configure the wireless nick as a lan nic. When I am in the MCC I get, for lan, the choice of configuring my Ethernet card and configure manually. I have tried to avoid configuring the Ethernet card because it is completely identified as an Ethernet card and I do not see the way to end with a Wlan device instead. Well, then I go to manual configuration and it is the same story as for trying for the wireless nic instead. No driver works at all and the Wlanfe simply remains idle. Is there any way you can help me by describing with more detail what you did? Your help will be greatly appreciated. Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] I want to migrate to Mandrake
I would be delighted if my default OS was Mandrake. But I have three computers where I have installed the OS on and in each of these there is one problem. I once posted a couple of problems in the same message and was told not to do so. Therefore I will post my three problems separately. Now let's call the machines compute1, computer2 and computer3. I cannot set wireless Internet in computer1. Now computer2 which uses the same wireless adapter than computer1 (SMC2662W) has Internet and works just fine. Neither machine lists the adapter in Hardwaredrake. The protocol in the machine where the adapter works is wlan(0). If I go to Mandrake Control Centre (Configure your Computer) and I select Manage Connections it doesn't give the driver the connection is using, so, I cannot know what to try in the computer1. I know (If I am mistaken please correct me) that this device is an Orinoco device. Well, none of the Orinoco drivers work in computer1. To end, the adapter SMC2662W is an USB adapter, and I am using Mandrake 10.1. All feedback will be greatly appreciated. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] I want to migrate to Mandrake
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:59:35 -0600, Teilhard wrote: I cannot set wireless Internet in computer1. Now computer2 which uses the same wireless adapter than computer1 (SMC2662W) has Internet and works just fine. Neither machine lists the adapter in Hardwaredrake. They probably do with usbview. The protocol in the machine where the adapter works is wlan(0). If I go to Mandrake Control Centre (Configure your Computer) and I select Manage Connections it doesn't give the driver the connection is using, so, I cannot know what to try in the computer1. I know (If I am mistaken please correct me) that this device is an Orinoco device. Well, none of the Orinoco drivers work in computer1. Yes, I've had the same experience. I have a a USB wireless adapter that uses prism_usb, but I cannot set up the driver manually using it. I doubt it's a driver problem, though. To end, the adapter SMC2662W is an USB adapter, and I am using Mandrake 10.1. Ah. I hid a similar problem. I installed a wireless USB NIC on a machine, then had to reinstall 10.1 after a nasty power outage. After the re-install, I had a very tough time getting it to configure. What I ended up doing was using Mandrake Control Center to set it up as a LAN connection (not WLAN!). It spotted the USB NIC fine. Then to get it working on my network, I used a small app called wlanfe which allows you to configure the wireless connection. That got it completely working. Then, once it was working, active connection, I went back to mcc, added a real wlan connection, and mcc found it just fine. I can't remember if I set up the wireless stuff at that point or had to go to manage connections after that. But that was the basic procedure: add it as a lan connection, get the connection actually working with wlanfe, then re-add the connection as a wlan connection, and optionally configure it with Manage Connections if need be. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
