Re: D-Link DWL 650
Try using wlan0 just as you would eth0:
iwconfig wlan0 essid '<your-essid-here>'
ifconfig wlan0 up
Then, however you would configure an IP address: either manually, e.g.,:
ifconfig wlan0 address a.b.c.d
or:
dhclient wlan0
Cheers,
Andy
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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Maximilian Pascher wrote:
> Hi,
> I've got a D-Link DWL 650 wlan card and a problem with it... When I insert the
> card I dmsg shows the following messages:
>
> init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.15 Loaded
> init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs
> prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 11, io 0x0100-0x013f
> ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0
> ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.0.7
> ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.3.5
> MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
> PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=4/4
> STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/9
> PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
> STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
> STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000
>
> Ifconfig shows the wlan device wlan0:
>
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:05:5D:EE:F5:AE
> BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> iwconfig shows:
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b ESSID:"non-spec"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
> Bit Rate:200kb/s
> Link Quality:0/100 Signal level:81/100 Noise level:27/100
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> And I don't get any device like a eth1, which I could configure for Internet
> access...
> Because of my good experience with wlan_ng on my Sharp Zaurus I wanted to use
> it on my notebook (HP omnibook xt1000), too...
>
> I hope You have some good ideas :-)
>
> greetz
>
> Max
>
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