No, that didn't help. The timing seems to be random. Earlier I was
running Kismet for about 1/2 hour and all was fine. A few minutes
later, another run of Kismet lasted less than 3 minutes before the
screen went white. I changed /etc/network/interfaces to remove the
wep key, and immediately after giving the "ifup wlan0" command, I had
the white screen again. (Actually it s "mostly" white. There is a
thin 1 pixel vertical line that appears at random positions on the
screen.) Removing the card immediately sets the screen back to
normal, and whatever command was in progress continues. Yes, my Mac
and my wife's HP laptop connect to this AP without problem. I'm
wondering if the problem is in the driver? I just bought the card
but I doubt they'd take it back since the docs cover only Windows
Mobile.
I put things back as they were. Here is the except from the /etc/
network/interfaces file:
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless_mode managed
wireless_essid Travel
wireless_key open key (10 hex digits) [1] key [1]
needs_reset yes
needs_firmware hostap_fw_load
The documentation I have for WPA is conflicting.
One document calls for setting up wpa_supplicant information in the /
etc/network/interfaces file and using /etc/network/if-pre-up.d, which
exists on my Z but doesn't seem to work, and the other uses a file, /
etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf which does not exist.
Thanks for the helpl!
Walt
On Jun 27, 2007, at 3:47 PM, David L. Johnson wrote:
> Walt S wrote:
>
>> Following comments here and elsewhere I ordered and Ambicom
>> WL1100C CF
>> card (Prism 3), and my first attempt was to set it up with WEP. I
>> did
>> get it to connect, but it is very unstable. The connection just
>> drops
>> after a few minutes, or the screen on my terminal session goes all
>> white
>> until I unplug and re-insert the card.
>
> Can you connect to an open network, without any WEP? My Ambicom
> WL1100C-CF connects stably to my home wifi (no wep), and has from my
> first Z (a collie, using Sharp ROM) to now on my borzoi; it basically
> just works flawlessly. I can't see why WEP will cause dropouts like
> this, but unless your card is broken, I don't see another cause. I
> presume other machines can connect to this network with no problem.
>
> --
>
> David L. Johnson
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