Re: Getting a wireless card to work play with debian

[jcz@northredoubt.com]

Good questions. I'm starting easy: no WEP. The router is a linksys WRTG54G with 
default settings. I thought Managed was eqivalent to Infrastructure mode. Doing 
a little more reading now. I also figured this problem stems from my lack of 
debian knowledge since I'm coming from Redhat. I've tried ifconfig eth2 down -> 
ifconfig eth2 up to reset the NIC, but it doesn't help. How do I get the system 
to restart the network?

Also, dumbass linux question: insmode 8211.o loads the kernel module for the 
driver. but it drops on reboot. How do I get it to stay in there?

Thanks!
-jz

> Too little info but a couple of observations.
> 
> Firstly, is your wireless network using WEP encryption.  If so have you 
> specifided the key somewhere in your configuration.  From memory you can put
> 
> the key in your interfaces file, though this is probably not the best 
> method..  I think the syntax is WIRELESS_ENC_KEY <key> but you may need to 
> check this.  Also, I presume you are running an access point, router etc.  If
> 
> your network is just boxes and cards then infrastructure rather than managed
> 
> mode is appropriate.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Darryl  
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