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Re: WIFI-Gateway9550Solo



Thanks for replies.  Turned out I had missed a closing quote "  for the
netmask (using fixed addressing) in network.opts.  Many hours of
frustration!


On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, ThomasRatliffDDS wrote:

>
> Still trying to get this running.  At least its recognized.  Can't seem to
> configure this correctly.  Runs on XP 'OK.  Help would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> I just want to set up a fixed address on the order of
> 	iface eth1 inet static
>             address 192.168.1.107
>             netmask 255.255.255.0
>             broadcast 192.168.1.254
>             gateway  192.168.1.100
>
> ESSID "WLAN"
>
> debian-gtwy:/etc/pcmcia# iwconfig eth1
> eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:""  Nickname:"debian-gtwy"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
>           Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3
>           Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0/92  Signal level:134/153  Noise level:134/153
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>
> However, no manner of incantation will let me configure the thing.
>
> 	iwconfig eth1 essid "WLAN"
>
> won't change the above and the explicit "commit"
>
> debian-gtwy:/etc/pcmcia# iwconfig eth1 commit
> Error for wireless request "Commit changes" (8B00) :
>     SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
>
> Using hotplug/pcmcia-cs with the card being in the orinoco_cs family
>
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> On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, ThomasRatliffDDS wrote:
>
> >
> > Anyone have the wireless running on this laptop?
> >
> > thanks!
> >
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