Re: [gentoo-user] wireless graphics setup tool

2007-04-29 Thread Mick
On Sunday 29 April 2007 11:11, pat wrote: Hi, can someone suggest a good graphics setup tool? Something to search wireless access points, configuring security etc. You may want to look at this thread on Gmane, there were a few WiFi gui tools suggested there:

[gentoo-user] Wireless network seems ok, but higher level stuff fails

2007-03-08 Thread Paulo Roberto Candido dos Santos
Hello list! I'm having some problems setting a wireless network consisting of a gentoo ap, one gentoo station and one Windows XP station. I've followed the instructions on the madwifi.org and on gentoo specialized forums and wiki. Seems like the wireless part of the network is just fine and

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless PCI Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11 - Driver Problem

2007-02-24 Thread Richard Watson
Yes it's pointing to the correct kernel source - Thanks I recompiled my kernel and modprobe rt61 worked. I now have an interface that come up called ra0. The following worked for me: Added rt61 to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 # ln -s net.lo net.ra0 I edited /etc/conf.d/net

[gentoo-user] Wireless PCI Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11 - Driver Problem

2007-02-22 Thread Richard Watson
Hi - I'm trying to get a D-Link PCI network card running on my desktop PC. I've installed it and it runs under Windows XP (I dual boot). # lspci reports :01:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11 net-wireless/ralink-rt61 was masked so I added to

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless PCI Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11 - Driver Problem

2007-02-22 Thread Raymond Lewis Rebbeck
On Thursday, 22 February 2007 19:23, Richard Watson wrote: Hi - I'm trying to get a D-Link PCI network card running on my desktop PC. I've installed it and it runs under Windows XP (I dual boot). # lspci reports :01:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless PCI Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11 - Driver Problem

2007-02-22 Thread Richard Watson
# modprobe rt61 FATAL: Module rt61 not found Is 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 the kernel you are currently running? It sounds like /usr/src/linux is pointing to the wrong kernel source. # ls -la /usr/src/linux /usr/src/linux - linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 Yes it's pointing to the correct kernel source - Thanks

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless PCI Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11 - Driver Problem

2007-02-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 22 February 2007 02:53, Richard Watson wrote: (I'm just going to assume you've got the right package / module; I don't know anything about it particular hardware and your choices seem appropriate.) So I # emerge ralink-rt61 # slocate rt61.ko

RE: [gentoo-user] Wireless PCMCIA card issue with 2.6.18 linux kernel

2007-02-05 Thread Daevid Vincent
Use the 'hostap' driver in the kernel instead of the orinoco one. DÆVID -Original Message- From: Timur Aydin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a Senao NL-2511CD PLUS EXT2 wireless PCMCIA card, which I am The problem I am seeing is that the wlan0 interface is not created by the

[gentoo-user] Wireless PCMCIA card issue with 2.6.18 linux kernel

2007-01-21 Thread Timur Aydin
Hi, I have a Senao NL-2511CD PLUS EXT2 wireless PCMCIA card, which I am planning to use in my desktop PC through a Ricoh RL5c475 PCI-PCMCIA bridge. The relevant output from uname, lspci and lspcmcia is at the end of this message. The kernel configuration file and /etc/pcmcia/config.opts is

[gentoo-user] Wireless PCMCIA card issue with 2.6.18 linux kernel

2007-01-21 Thread Timur Aydin
Hi, I have a Senao NL-2511CD PLUS EXT2 wireless PCMCIA card, which I am planning to use in my desktop PC through a Ricoh RL5c475 PCI-PCMCIA bridge. The relevant output from uname, lspci and lspcmcia is at the end of this message. The kernel configuration file and /etc/pcmcia/config.opts is

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless PCMCIA card issue with 2.6.18 linux kernel

2007-01-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Sunday 21 January 2007 13:42, Timur Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] Wireless PCMCIA card issue with 2.6.18 linux kernel': Jan 21 21:32:17 bonsai pcmcia: request for exclusive IRQ could not be fulfilled. Jan 21 21:32:17 bonsai pcmcia: the driver needs updating

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless PCMCIA card issue with 2.6.18 linux kernel

2007-01-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Sunday 21 January 2007 14:32, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless PCMCIA card issue with 2.6.18 linux kernel': On Sunday 21 January 2007 13:42, Timur Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Jan 21 21:32:17 bonsai pcmcia: request for exclusive IRQ could

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless on boot

2006-11-08 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 07 November 2006 19:35, Luigi Pinna wrote: Alle 20:44, sabato 4 novembre 2006, Neil Bothwick ha scritto: On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:53:39 +0100, Luigi Pinna wrote: But I continue to have some problems... First, on boot time net.eth0 gives up and I must wait until timeout before

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless on boot

2006-11-07 Thread Luigi Pinna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 20:44, sabato 4 novembre 2006, Neil Bothwick ha scritto: On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:53:39 +0100, Luigi Pinna wrote: But I continue to have some problems... First, on boot time net.eth0 gives up and I must wait until timeout before that boot

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless on boot

2006-11-04 Thread Luigi Pinna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 19:54, giovedì 2 novembre 2006, Mick ha scritto: If I understand you correctly, you won't find the entry you're looking for. You need to create a link with the name of your usb card interface. ifconfig -a will show you what the new network

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless on boot

2006-11-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:53:39 +0100, Luigi Pinna wrote: But I continue to have some problems... First, on boot time net.eth0 gives up and I must wait until timeout before that boot could continue. emerge ifplugd and read the comments about it in /etc/conf.d/net.example -- Neil Bothwick

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless on boot

2006-11-02 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 01 November 2006 14:47, Luigi Pinna wrote: gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 6: Couldn't resolve host 'subkeys.pgp.net' Hallo! How can I set on boot time my lan connection using a usb card? Some service need internet on boot (ntp-client, etc.) but I cannot find a script on /etc/init.d/

[gentoo-user] wireless on boot

2006-11-01 Thread Luigi Pinna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hallo! How can I set on boot time my lan connection using a usb card? Some service need internet on boot (ntp-client, etc.) but I cannot find a script on /etc/init.d/ to support it. The connection uses wpa. A second question: some times the

[gentoo-user] Wireless trouble, bad hardware?

2006-10-23 Thread Grant
I'm having trouble with one of my systems not being able to reliably connect to my Gentoo router wirelessly. I have a Netgear WG311T in the router and also the desktop that is having trouble. I have a Netgear WG511T in my laptop. They all use the madwifi driver. The laptop connects perfectly

[gentoo-user] wireless (solved)

2006-10-11 Thread Ted Ozolins
I assumed that the wep key the router uses was a string s:** It turns out that the key is a hexi number instead. Of course removing the s: solved the problem. Now the wireless works nicely. essid_ath0=patkno mode_ath0=managed channel_ath0=6 key_patkno=** enc open -- Ted

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless

2006-10-07 Thread Kurt Guenther
Ted Ozolins wrote: Have I missed something obvious? This is a really inane question, but you do have a dhcpd server on your network, right? Also, make sure you router is using wep and not wpa. If wpa, you need to use wpa_supplicant instead. I'd get it running without encryption first.

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless

2006-10-07 Thread Ted Ozolins
Kurt Guenther wrote: Ted Ozolins wrote: Have I missed something obvious? This is a really inane question, but you do have a dhcpd server on your network, right? There is a working dhcp server working, checked and rechecked. Also, make sure you router is using wep and not wpa.

[gentoo-user] wireless

2006-10-06 Thread Ted Ozolins
Just acquired an Atheros based wireless card. acquired madwifi-ng and tools. Using the /etc/conf.d/wireless.example I set up as per RTFM'n . I have in /etc/conf.d/wireless: essid_ath0=patkno mode_ath0=managed channel_ath0=6 key_patkno=s:** enc open and I have in /etc/conf.d/net the

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless trouble: unknown symbols

2006-10-04 Thread Grant
Are you having driver issues? Apologies for not getting your earlier messages, just signed up. Hi Christopher, Here is my original post: I'm trying to set up a wireless card in my new system. I'm using a card of the same model that is working in an older system of mine. The only significant

[gentoo-user] Wireless trouble: unknown symbols

2006-10-03 Thread Grant
I'm trying to set up a wireless card in my new system. I'm using a card of the same model that is working in an older system of mine. The only significant difference between them is the new system is amd64 and the old one is x86. When I try to 'modprobe ath_pci', I get about 60 Unknown symbol

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless trouble: unknown symbols

2006-10-03 Thread Mark Knecht
On 10/3/06, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to set up a wireless card in my new system. I'm using a card of the same model that is working in an older system of mine. The only significant difference between them is the new system is amd64 and the old one is x86. When I try to

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless trouble: unknown symbols

2006-10-03 Thread Grant
I'm trying to set up a wireless card in my new system. I'm using a card of the same model that is working in an older system of mine. The only significant difference between them is the new system is amd64 and the old one is x86. When I try to 'modprobe ath_pci', I get about 60 Unknown

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless trouble: unknown symbols

2006-10-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 03 October 2006 21:37, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless trouble: unknown symbols': These 64 bits are starting to get me down. Can I run an x86 system with this AMD Sempron64 3000+ CPU? Yes, but you'll be throwing out 8 extra bits of addressing space

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless trouble: unknown symbols

2006-10-03 Thread Christopher Koeber
Are you having driver issues? Apologies for not getting your earlier messages, just signed up.Regards,Christopher KoeberOn 10/4/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Tuesday 03 October 2006 21:37, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wroteabout 'Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless trouble: unknown

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless problem (ipw2200)

2006-09-17 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 16 septembre à 10:01:38 Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit notamment: | Hi Jean, | unfortunately is it still not working even if i've tried changing | different lines.. (however this does not make very much sense). Can | you post me you /etc/conf.d/net and /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf files?

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless problem (ipw2200)

2006-09-16 Thread Marco Calviani
Hi Jean, unfortunately is it still not working even if i've tried changing different lines.. (however this does not make very much sense). Can you post me you /etc/conf.d/net and /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf files? Thanks, Marco On 9/10/06, Jean Magnan de Bornier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le 10

[gentoo-user] Wireless problem (ipw2200)

2006-09-10 Thread Marco Calviani
Hi, i'm having problems with my since now working wireless. I'm running on a 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 kernel with ipw2200-1.1.2-r1 and wpa_supplicant. In particular when i start the net.eth1 service, it tells me: Starting eth1 * Starting wpa_supplicant on eth1 ... [ ok ] *

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless problem (ipw2200)

2006-09-10 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 10 septembre à 10:29:46 Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit notamment: | Hi, | i'm having problems with my since now working wireless. I'm running | on a 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 kernel with ipw2200-1.1.2-r1 and wpa_supplicant. | In particular when i start the net.eth1 service, it tells me: |

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless problem (ipw2200)

2006-09-10 Thread Marco Calviani
Hi Jean, the result of $ dhcpcd -v LOG_DEBUG -d 2 eth1 is Error, dhcpStart: ioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such device even if iwconfig shows: eth1 unassociated ESSID:home Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: 00:2C:F9:08:3B:6D Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless problem (ipw2200)

2006-09-10 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 10 septembre à 12:23:07 Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit notamment: | Hi Jean, | the result of | $ dhcpcd -v LOG_DEBUG -d 2 eth1 | is | Error, dhcpStart: ioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such device | even if iwconfig shows: | eth1 unassociated ESSID:home | Mode:Managed

[gentoo-user] Wireless Card On Laptop - Help Setting Up

2006-08-30 Thread Lord Sauron
My laptop has a wireless card. Wow. Don't die of the shock. I never use it. No, really, I don't. I'm never in a location with wireless access, so I just content myself with a good old fashioned Cat5e cable and call it a day. Now my life has changed. There is a wireless access point in my

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Card On Laptop - Help Setting Up

2006-08-30 Thread Richard Fish
On 8/30/06, Lord Sauron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The card is: Intel PRO/Wireless (the kind they put in the IBM X40 type 2386-1CU - I don't know anything other than that part of the card's name - I'm sorry.) Intel cards are well supported. The 3945 requires out-of-tree drivers

[gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems

2006-08-21 Thread Alan E. Davis
I'll throw two chickens in one pot. I have recently installed ubuntu on another partition in the mainly gentoo gateway laptop I've been running for over a year with great success. I have never had any wireless problems, using the ipw2200 centrino. I've not changed kernels for a long while,

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems

2006-08-21 Thread Richard Fish
On 8/21/06, Alan E. Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect that ubuntu loads firmware that is incompatible with gentoo. More likely you just don't have the right firmware installed under gentoo. Check the dmesg output after attempting to load the module, and look for something about missing

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems

2006-08-21 Thread Alan E. Davis
I am pretty sure I have the latest firmware installed---several versions are installed. I'll check whether I am using the package or the kernel-based firmware. I may upgrade the kernel, also. This will take a day or so. Thanks (again), Alan Davis On 8/21/06, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems

2006-08-21 Thread W.Kenworthy
I use the sourceforge ipw2200 stuff - never could get the kernel stuff to work, even on simple networks. bunyip ~ # esearch ipw2200 [ Results for search key : ipw2200 ] [ Applications found : 2 ] * net-wireless/ipw2200 Latest version available: 1.1.3 Latest version installed: 1.1.3

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems

2006-08-21 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 07:53:52PM +1000, Penguin Lover Alan E. Davis squawked: I have recently installed ubuntu on another partition in the mainly gentoo gateway laptop I've been running for over a year with great success. I have never had any wireless problems, using the ipw2200 centrino.

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems

2006-08-21 Thread Canek Peláez
I'm using the latest kernel, with the ipw2200 driver it provides (not the one in portage). Evrything works great in WPA, but I don't use the -Dipw option of wpa_supplicant; I use -Dwext: the tip is in http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ipw2200 I'm using the suspend2 sources, so I don't have

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless wierd behaviour

2006-07-14 Thread Javier
Hi Fernando, with this driver the first step is doing a ifconfig ethX up before any wireless related configuration. Example: ifconfig ethX up iwconfig ethX channel Y iwconfig ethX essid any And after this steps you have to be associated and you can set your ip-related settings. Did you do by

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless wierd behaviour

2006-07-14 Thread Fernando Meira
On 7/14/06, Javier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Fernando,with this driver the first step is doing a ifconfig ethX up beforeany wireless related configuration. Example:ifconfig ethX upiwconfig ethX channel Yiwconfig ethX essid anyAnd after this steps you have to be associated and you can set

[gentoo-user] wireless wierd behaviour

2006-07-12 Thread Fernando Meira
Hi,I been trying to connect my laptop to a wireless router but without success.The router is a common Linksys WRT54G. My pcmcia card is also a Linksys WPC54G.I am now using a new driver (bcm43xx), instead of ndiswrapper, but I think the problem is not from that. I did use my card with this new

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-08 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:01:40PM -0400, Penguin Lover Colleen Beamer squawked: Next, the wiki said to put these lines into the /etc/conf.d/net file (which had nothing in it because it assumes dhcp): modules=( wpa_supplicant ) wpa_supplicant_wlan0=-Dndiswrapper wpa_timeout_wlan0=60

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 21:01:40 -0400, Colleen Beamer wrote: However, if I boot the laptop without the ethernet cable connected, it hangs when running the dhcpcd daemon. I'm sure I'm missing something, but I don't know what. emerge ifplugd and read the comments in /etc/conf.d/net.example --

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless worked, rebuilt kernel, wireless no longer works

2006-07-08 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 11:09:39AM -0700, Penguin Lover Mark Knecht squawked: Hi, Why would wireless no longer work after rebuilding the kernel to add USB OHCI support only? Since you rebuilt the kernel, you'd probably need to recompile ndiswrapper against the new kernel. I saw that you

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless worked, rebuilt kernel, wireless no longer works

2006-07-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 7/8/06, Willie Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 11:09:39AM -0700, Penguin Lover Mark Knecht squawked: Hi, Why would wireless no longer work after rebuilding the kernel to add USB OHCI support only? Since you rebuilt the kernel, you'd probably need to recompile

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless worked, rebuilt kernel, wireless no longer works

2006-07-08 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 04:15:29PM -0700, Penguin Lover Mark Knecht squawked: I do have some problems that I'm going to have to work out. I am getting messages about 'device initiated installation' - or something like that - early in the boot process. Later the kernel posts a message telling

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless worked, rebuilt kernel, wireless no longer works

2006-07-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 7/8/06, Willie Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 04:15:29PM -0700, Penguin Lover Mark Knecht squawked: I do have some problems that I'm going to have to work out. I am getting messages about 'device initiated installation' - or something like that - early in the boot

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-07 Thread A. R.
So, I assume that eth1 would be replaced by wlan0 in the commands above, correct? Yes, that is true. Therefore if you create a bash script with those commands it would look like the following (I understand that you do not use encryption, so I omitted the key setting) #!/bin/bash

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-07 Thread Colleen Beamer
Okay, I'm totally confused now and don't know what to do!On 7/7/06, Michael Crute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would really recommend you use wpa_supplicant as IMO it is far easier to configure and supports more access methods than iwconfig.Since your wireless card is clearly detected it should be

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-06 Thread Colleen Beamer
On 7/5/06, A. R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, my question is, once I install ndiswrapper and the driver, do I then follow the wiki for either wireless-tools or (preferred) wpa-supplicant?Is there anything else I have to do or install? Regards, ColleenHello,May I suggest that you try first with

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-06 Thread Michael Crute
On 7/7/06, Colleen Beamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/5/06, A. R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, my question is, once I install ndiswrapper and the driver, do I then follow the wiki for either wireless-tools or (preferred) wpa-supplicant? Is there anything else I have to do or install?

[gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-04 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hi, Okay so, I'm a wireless idiot. I've found the wiki that outlines the use of wireless-tools or wpa-supplicant. However, my problem is that I don't know where to begin. My wireless adapter for my notebook is a Linksys WPC54G. I think that I have to use ndiswrapper in order to install the

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-04 Thread A. R.
So, my question is, once I install ndiswrapper and the driver, do I then follow the wiki for either wireless-tools or (preferred) wpa-supplicant? Is there anything else I have to do or install? Regards, Colleen Hello, May I suggest that you try first with wireless-tools? Things you need

[gentoo-user] wireless question

2006-04-14 Thread Luigi Pinna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello! I try to setup a wireless card to my gentoo box, but I can't set it: the net is with a wpa-key (type tkip). The SSID is Super S and when I configure it so: #iwconfig wlan0 essid my SSID nick Cinzia key wep-key after that I read with iwconfig:

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless woes after upgrading kernel from kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 to kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.13-gent

2006-03-19 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 3/19/06, Richard Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi - my original kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 runs wireless fine with ipw2200 and ipw2200-firmware. After upgrading to kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.13-gentoo-r5 I was experiencing conflicts as in Well, it seems like a DOWNGRADE, isn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Channel

2006-03-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 17 March 2006 23:52, JimD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] Wireless Channel': Does anyone know of a tool for Linux or Windows that will see what is the best channel to use? You should always use the same channel as the AP you are connecting to. That seems to cover your

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Channel

2006-03-18 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 05:37 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Friday 17 March 2006 23:52, JimD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] Wireless Channel': Does anyone know of a tool for Linux or Windows that will see what is the best channel to use? You should always use

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Channel

2006-03-18 Thread JimD
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Friday 17 March 2006 23:52, JimD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] Wireless Channel': Does anyone know of a tool for Linux or Windows that will see what is the best channel to use? You should always use the same channel as the AP you

[gentoo-user] Wireless woes after upgrading kernel from kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 to kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.13-gent

2006-03-18 Thread Richard Watson
Hi - my original kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 runs wireless fine with ipw2200 and ipw2200-firmware. After upgrading to kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.13-gentoo-r5 I was experiencing conflicts as in order to continue using these tools I had to disable the IEEE802.11 subsystem and rebuild my

[gentoo-user] Wireless Channel

2006-03-17 Thread JimD
Does anyone know of a tool for Linux or Windows that will see what is the best channel to use? I have a desktop (gentoo) and a laptop (XP) on my home network. My wireless router is a D-Link DI-524. The desktop is wired to a port and the laptop is wireless with an Intell Intel PRO/Wireless

[gentoo-user] wireless dhcp timeout

2006-02-18 Thread Marco Calviani
Hi list, i have a small (indeed not very significant but annoying) problem with my wireless card. The first time i start the dhcp client, even if the dhcp is offering, the client goes in timeout; always the second time it works immediately. What may be the cause of this effect? Regards and

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless works with Knoppix CD but not Gentoo

2006-02-17 Thread Rob Oravec
On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 23:32 -0500, Grant wrote: I've been struggling to get my wireless card to connect to the WEP Airport router at my housing complex. It turns out it connects just fine using a Knoppix disc and manual ifconfig/iwconfig commands, but the same commands don't work in Gentoo.

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless works with Knoppix CD but not Gentoo

2006-02-17 Thread Robert Crawford
On Friday 17 February 2006 05:17, Rob Oravec wrote: On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 23:32 -0500, Grant wrote: I've been struggling to get my wireless card to connect to the WEP Airport router at my housing complex. It turns out it connects just fine using a Knoppix disc and manual ifconfig/iwconfig

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless works with Knoppix CD but not Gentoo

2006-02-17 Thread Rob Oravec
On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 06:29 -0500, Robert Crawford wrote: You also need to emerge madwifi-tools, and you need ath_hal loaded too. Emerging madwifi-driver will emerge madwifi-tools. I have never needed to explicitly load ath_hal as ath_pci loads it dynamically even with the older madwifi code.

RE: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations

2006-02-07 Thread Michael Kintzios
-Original Message- From: Stroller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 February 2006 02:05 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations On 6 Feb 2006, at 18:03, John J. Foster wrote: I'm looking for recommendations

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations

2006-02-07 Thread John J. Foster
On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 12:35:35PM -, Michael Kintzios wrote: Please let us know what you find on the wireless front, although I suspect that it ain't going to be cheap, especially if your printer is of the CAPT/GDI variety (mind you, it doesn't look as if it is). Proprietary printer

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations

2006-02-07 Thread Stroller
On 7 Feb 2006, at 12:35, Michael Kintzios wrote: Proprietary printer servers are 4-5 times the cost of a simple TCP/IP PS121. More if you want wireless connectivity on top. I would suspect that an inkjet with built-in networking might often be a better option - these are becoming quite

[gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations

2006-02-06 Thread John J. Foster
Good afternoon, I'm looking for recommendations for a wireless print server with a minimum of 1 USB2.0 port and 1 parallel port. I currently have a Linksys WRT4GS router running openWRT Linux firmware. I've looked at the Linksys WPS54G WPS54GU printer servers, but can't determine, and can't find

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations

2006-02-06 Thread Richard Fish
On 2/6/06, John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for recommendations for a wireless print server with a Networked gentoo server with cups? This is a gentoo list after all... -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations

2006-02-06 Thread John J. Foster
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:46:39AM -0700, Richard Fish wrote: On 2/6/06, John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for recommendations for a wireless print server with a Networked gentoo server with cups? This is a gentoo list after all... Richard - My apologies, I should have

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations

2006-02-06 Thread Stroller
On 6 Feb 2006, at 18:03, John J. Foster wrote: I'm looking for recommendations for a wireless print server with a minimum of 1 USB2.0 port and 1 parallel port. I currently have a Linksys WRT4GS router running openWRT Linux firmware... Does anyone have any recommendations that: 1) Works

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless problem

2006-02-03 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 02 février à 15:55:55 Simon Prosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit notamment: | heres my /etc/conf.d/net might give you some pointers if you dont want to use | dhcp... | config_ath0=( 192.168.2.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.0.255 ) | routes_ath0=( default gw 192.168.2.1 ) |

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless problem

2006-02-03 Thread Simon Prosser
On Friday 03 February 2006 08:10, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: OK, dhcpcd does the connection all right, and thanks for that; however I still need to enter the user and password informations. I guess it might be a provider matter? have a read of /etc/conf.d/wireless.example == all you needs

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless problem

2006-02-03 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 03 février à 17:21:34 Simon Prosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit notamment: | On Friday 03 February 2006 08:10, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: | OK, dhcpcd does the connection all right, and thanks for that; however I | still need to enter the user and password informations. I guess it might | be

[gentoo-user] wireless problem

2006-02-02 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Hello all, Using a Dell latitude x1, dual-boot with w$ xp; on my campus they have a wireless network which I can access with my mail login and password. It works without a problem on w$. On my gentoo I installed wpa_supplicant with the following item in the conf file: network={

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless problem

2006-02-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 12:49 +0100, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: When I type iwconfig I obtain this: eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:Universite Paul Cezanne Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:12:DA:AE:5A:50 Seems to indicate I am actually connected? this

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless problem

2006-02-02 Thread Simon Prosser
heres my /etc/conf.d/net might give you some pointers if you dont want to use dhcp... config_ath0=( 192.168.2.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.0.255 ) routes_ath0=( default gw 192.168.2.1 ) essid_ath0=belkin54g config_eth0=( 192.168.0.7 ) hth... On Thursday 02 February 2006 13:14, Iain

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless problem

2006-02-02 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 02 février à 15:55:55 Simon Prosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit notamment: | heres my /etc/conf.d/net might give you some pointers if you dont want to use | dhcp... | config_ath0=( 192.168.2.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.0.255 ) | routes_ath0=( default gw 192.168.2.1 ) |

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless network advantages

2005-12-26 Thread El Nino
is it possible to use an one(1) Wireless Access Point(54Mbps) for the whole two floors(the building)? whats all your advice? ps: all advices are wellcome. On 12/23/05, John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 22, 2005, at 7:12 PM, Lares Moreau wrote: office (2 floors) Can you drill

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless network advantages

2005-12-26 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 26 December 2005 22:27, El Nino wrote: is it possible to use an one(1) Wireless Access Point(54Mbps) for the whole two floors(the building)? whats all your advice? Depends. How much iron is in the walls and ceilings? Are there any significant bodies of water in between? Plants as well as

[gentoo-user] wireless network advantages

2005-12-22 Thread El Nino
Dear gentoo friends, i want to network 12 pcs. so can any body advice me for a good technology(wireless or wired??).price is not a problem, so what will be the best technology among wireless wired? please show me why its the advantages. if you can give me a hardware list for a wireless network

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless network advantages

2005-12-22 Thread Oliver Friedrich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 El Nino wrote: Dear gentoo friends, i want to network 12 pcs. so can any body advice me for a good technology(wireless or wired??).price is not a problem, so what will be the best technology among wireless wired? For me, wired is better all

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless network advantages

2005-12-22 Thread Antoine
Oliver Friedrich wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 El Nino wrote: Dear gentoo friends, i want to network 12 pcs. so can any body advice me for a good technology(wireless or wired??).price is not a problem, so what will be the best technology among wireless wired? maybe

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless network advantages

2005-12-22 Thread El Nino
my answers showing on bellow..., On 12/23/05, Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oliver Friedrich wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 El Nino wrote: Dear gentoo friends, i want to network 12 pcs. so can any body advice me for a good technology(wireless or

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless network advantages

2005-12-22 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/22/05, El Nino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my answers showing on bellow..., On 12/23/05, Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oliver Friedrich wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 El Nino wrote: Dear gentoo friends, i want to network 12 pcs. so can any

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless network advantages

2005-12-22 Thread Stroller
On Dec 22, 2005, at 6:54 pm, El Nino wrote: maybe some more info about what you want and your situation... are you in an office? Café? office (2 floors) Can you drill through walls? yes! Are they all in the same room? no, several rooms(7) + 2 floors Why are you networking them?

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless network advantages

2005-12-22 Thread John Jolet
On Dec 22, 2005, at 7:12 PM, Lares Moreau wrote: office (2 floors) Can you drill through walls? yes! Are they all in the same room? no, several rooms(7) + 2 floors Why are you networking them? sharing Internet + other normal data sharing stuff What sort of traffic do you expect

[gentoo-user] Wireless Authentication Gateway??

2005-11-23 Thread El Nino
Dear friends, i have to replace our existing wired network to wireless network. so please help me to deploy a wireless authentication gateway using linux based open source application which provides a total security solution for wireless networks. please guide me to deploy this. :::all advices

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Authentication Gateway??

2005-11-23 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:32:49 +0600 El Nino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have to replace our existing wired network to wireless network. so please help me to deploy a wireless authentication gateway using linux based open source application which provides a total security solution for

[gentoo-user] wireless update [was update with B]

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
running emerge -uDvp world, I got a block between ipw2100 and ieee-80211. I ran emerge -C ipw2100, and the block cleared, although ieee80211 was no longer in the update list either. Since it was recommended to have both of these on the system in order for the wireless to work correctly, is that a

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless update [was update with B]

2005-08-19 Thread Peter O'Connor
John Dangler wrote: running emerge -uDvp world, I got a block between ipw2100 and ieee-80211. I ran emerge -C ipw2100, and the block cleared, although ieee80211 was no longer in the update list either. Since it was recommended to have both of these on the system in order for the wireless to

[gentoo-user] Wireless auto-config

2005-07-29 Thread KiLLeR718
Hi! anybody know how to auto-configure wireless network in /etc/conf.d/net where the ESSID is with special characters e.g. TeST$#NET any suggestions? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless connection intermittent on one machine

2005-06-17 Thread Grant
Try moving it closer to the access point, if possible, and if it still fails from time to time; if it does there might be a driver or hardware problem Catalin Here's the thing. It can't be a real range issue because it was working perfectly before. I won't be able to narrow it down

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless connection intermittent on one machine

2005-06-17 Thread Grant
Try moving it closer to the access point, if possible, and if it still fails from time to time; if it does there might be a driver or hardware problem Catalin Here's the thing. It can't be a real range issue because it was working perfectly before. I won't be able to narrow it

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless connection intermittent on one machine

2005-06-17 Thread Grant
Try moving it closer to the access point, if possible, and if it still fails from time to time; if it does there might be a driver or hardware problem Catalin Here's the thing. It can't be a real range issue because it was working perfectly before. I won't be able to

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