Re: wireless network problems
Damn...just realized I sent this to debian-user
by mistake on Sunday.
See below for my response to your question.
Sorry for the lateness....
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 12:56:55PM -0500, wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:54:54PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote:
> > I'm relatively new to Linux, and have installed debian woody with the
> > bf2.4 kernel. I'm having trouble getting my orinoco wireless card to
> > work. The card beeps during startup, and its green light flickers, but
> > doesn't stay on. When I run iwconfig eth1 the output gives the correct
> > essid and nickname, but says that the encryption key is turned off, even
> > though I've specified a key in /etc/network/interfaces. Here's what
> > I've entered in /etc/network/interfaces:
> >
> > iface eth1 inet dhcp
> > wireless_essid (my network name)
> > wireless_mode managed
> > wireless_key (a combination of five numbers and letters)
> > wireless_nick (computer's nickname)
> > wireless_channel 10
> >
> > Is there another parameter I need to enter to turn on wireless
> > encryption? Or am I missing something else?
>
> I have the same card.
> Are you using 40 or 128 bit encryption?
>
> Have you tried setting encryption manually?
>
> Such as:
> ~$ iwconfig eth1 enc 01234567890123456789123456
>
> (for 128 bit encryption there are 26 characters needed and for
> the 40 bit encryption there are 10 characters needed...I think...
> so if you are using only 5 characters...that may be the problem)
>
> Also, have you played around with /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts ?
> I don't use the interfaces file for the wireless settings
> like you do. All my configuration in in wireless.opts
> and the only thing in my interfaces file is this:
>
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
>
> One other thing, I remember vaguely having trouble with the
> bf24 kernel and wireless. Maybe you can try to do a custom kernel?
>
> Also what do you have for modules?
>
> This is what I have when I do lsmod:
>
> orinoco_cs 4724 1
> orinoco 37140 0 [orinoco_cs]
> hermes 6020 0 [orinoco_cs orinoco]
>
> Hope this gets you started in the right direction.
>
> Andy
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