Re: wireless in 4.02
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 10:39:17AM +0100, marc wrote:
> > Are others on this list successfully using wireless cards with 4.02?
> > I have tried the 4.02 CD, the 4.02 DVD and my remaster, on several
> > machines, and the problem is always the same - initial connection
> > with DHCP server OK, then no more packets come in. I tried
> > no{everything} on the initial boot prompt, as Klaus suggested, with
> > no joy.
>
> Yes, I use a wireless card and DHCP.
>
> You don't show your interfaces entry, but it should read something
> like:
>
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> name Wireless LAN card
> wireless_essid YOURESSID
>
> After than, an ifup eth0 should activate the card, even if ESSID
> broadcasting is deactivated.
>
> However, if you are using WEP, WPA or some such, then you will need to
> take further action.
>
> One further thing, I found that the cheatcodes affected my wireless
> card's ability to boot. Replacing acpi=off with pci=noacpi fixed a few
> problems that I was having.
Cool, a new kernel option I did not know yet. :-)
I wonder if this would be safe to add as default option? Some boards
won't boot with "acpi=off", but maybe "pci=noacpi" would be something
that works on all?
With kind regards
-Klaus Knopper
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