Re: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles
On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 11:47:47AM +0100, Chris Lale wrote:
> Chris Brotherton wrote:
> > I just recent got an old T20 and I am attempting to use Debian on it. I am
> > using a PCMCIA orinoco wireless card. Here is the crazy part. The card is
> > recognized by the installer. The installer asks me for my essid and my WEP
> > key. After I input the information, the wireless card get its ip address over
> > dhcp and then works flawlessly. The trouble comes when I finish the install
> > and boot the machine. Once the machine comes up, I cannot get the wireless
> > card to work. iwconfig shows that it has all of the correct information, but
> > it cannot get an ip address. I have tried both 4.0r1 and a testing snapshot.
> > Both have the exact same problem.
>
> I have been running wireless PCMCIA cards in Sarge and Etch on my T20 for a
> while. Currently I am using an Edimax EW-7108PCg card with the Ralink chipset. I
> have documented the process I followed on the NewbieDOC website [1] [2]. You may
> find something helpful there.
>
> Can you ping your Access Point?
>
> If not, you might need to disable your ethernet interface:
> # ifdown eth0
> or similar. If this works you can comment out the eth0 entry in
> /etc/network/interfaces
>
>
> [1]
> http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/How_to_set_up_a_wireless_network_card_using_drivers_from_Debian_packages#Short_version_if_you_are_impatient
> [2] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Installing_Ndiswrapper_in_Debian
>
>
Thanks. I will take a look at those. Any other ideas why the wireless card
would work during installation, but not after? It looks like the kernels used
for the installer and for the system are the same (well -486 vs -686).
No, I am unable to ping my access point.
Chris.
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