Re: wireless network problems
Hi Tim,
Hope all is well.
Mate, you'll probably need to take a look at the madwifi project at sf.net
to get the Gold card working (assuming it's operating with the Atheros
chipset). I've got the 802.11/a/b/g gold card (miniPCI) and it works fine
with this driver.
Kernel wise, you'll need any 2.4.x kernel (check the madwifi docs), with it's
associated headers so you can build the necessary madwifi kernel modules.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Marcus
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 07:05:08PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been having trouble getting an orinoco gold card to work on my
> laptop with woody using the bf24 kernel. I'm a newbie and am thinking
> about taking the plunge and trying to compile a custom kernel. Does
> anyone have any recommendations for a kernel that would best support
> wireless networking with woody?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
>
> Andy Firman wrote:
>
> >>eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID: 1ecb13: Nickname: "Folger"
> >>Mode: Managed Frequency: 2.412GHz Access Point: 00:02:2D:1E:CB:13
> >>Bit Rate=11Mb/s Tx-Power=15dBm Sensitivity:1/3 RTS thr:off
> >>Fragment thr:2347B Encryption key: off Link Quality:27/92 Signal level:
> >>-69dBm
> >>Noise level:-96dBm
> >>Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag: 0
> >>Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> >>
> >>When I run cardctl ident I get:
> >>
> >>Socket 1:
> >> Product info: "Lucent Technologies", "Wavelan/IEEE",
> >>"Version 01.01", ""
> >> function: 6 (network)
> >>
> >>I'm wondering if my problem could simply be something to do with
> >>permissions. I noticed that in one of your earlier messages you could
> >>run cardctl at a $ prompt, but I had to be root. Same thing for
> >>iwconfig. I added myself to the dialout and dip groups, but still can't
> >>connect to the internet.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Looks like your card is seeing the access point. Good.
> >
> >What does ifconfig say?
> >
> >You need to be root to run iwconfig, cardctl, and ifconfig.
> >I use sudo most of the time.
> >
> >If you are not getting an IP from the AP, then you can try giving
> >yourself and IP manually such as:
> >
> >ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.5
> >
> >then do this:
> >
> >route add default gateway 192.168.1.1
> >
> >(assuming your RG is 192.168.1.1 and you on a standard
> >private network 192.168.1.0/24)
> >
> >Then see if you can ping the AP.
> >
> >Like I said before, the Orinoco cards did not work well for me until
> >I compiled a custom kernel. This may be a bit of a challenge for you,
> >but once you learn how to do this....it will make things easier.
> >
> >http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html
> >
> >Debian is not easy for beginners. But if you stick with it,
> >you will be happy in the future.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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