[Fwd: Re: Help with Dell 1150 wireless card in Dell 5100]

[Chris Kacoroski <kacoroski@comcast.net>]

MB wrote:
> Chris Kacoroski wrote:
>
> > Jeff Coppock wrote:
> >
> > > Chris Kacoroski wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a dell 5100 with a dell 1150 wireless card.  The card worked 
> > > > under Mandrake, but I cannot get it to work with Debian testing 
> > > > (2.6.7-2 kernel). Iwconfig produces:
> > > >
> > > > eth2      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"Admin-Wireless"  Nickname:"HERMES I"
> > > >           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457GHz  Access Point: 
> > > > 44:44:44:44:44:44
> > > >           Bit Rate:2Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3
> > > >           Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> > > >           Encryption key:XXXXXXXXXXXX
> > > >           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
> > > >
> > > > wavemon shows the card, but i am not connected.  I have checked the 
> > > > password and ESSID with the lan admin and they are correct.  Any 
> > > > ideas on how to troubleshoot this are appreciated.  I do not think I 
> > > > need to recompile the kernel because I can see the card.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It appears that the card is up and running, but you just need to get 
> > > IP configured.  If you know DHCP is available on the WLAN, try 
> > > requesting an IP address using "dhclient eth2".  If this works, then 
> > > all you need to do is add "eth2" to your /etc/network/interfaces file 
> > > so next time eth2 comes up, the ifupdown script will automaticallly 
> > > run the dhcp client on that interface.
> > >
> > > jc
> >
> >
> >
> > I have tried ifconfig and dhcclient with no luck.  They seem to not 
> > see the network.
> >
> > ski
>
> Jeff,
>
> Looks like the card is not connecting to the access point.  Have you
> been successful conecting to ANY access point?  If you are in Davis,
> you can head to just about any coffee shop and try:
>
> iwconfig eth2 essid any  <-- Or find out the network name, and
> capitalization matters.
> iwconfig eth2 key off
> dhclient eth2
>
> And things should just "work"
>
> Mark
>
> Mark

Thanks for all the comments. I finally got to the library which

has an open system.  Still no luck so it must be the card or OS.

I put mandrake 10 on an open partition and will try it tomorrow.

If that doesn't work the next step will be to load on windows.

if that doesn't work then I know it is the card.

What I do not understand is why the card would show up, but it will not
connect.

ski