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------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-11-08 08:36 -------
this should work smoothly as of drakxtools-9.3-4mdk from cooker.
could you confirm it?
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Ok, this is a big long and there are several bug encountered, please let me know
if you would like one bug report per bug.
I have a SMC-2662W device and an internal network card (e100 - eth0). I can
connect to a wireless access point and to a fixed lan for internet. Here is a
run down of the steps (and the bugs):
-Start the computer (e100 is connected to the network)
-Plug in the device
-Device seems to be recognised by driver usbvnetr : "../src/usb/vnetusba.c: usb
eth1 initialized and registered" (IMPROVEMENT: some visual feedback or sound on
this would be great, especially for newbies)
-run Drakconnect
-Device is there under eth1 but driver says "e100" (BUG)
-Create new profile called "stuff"
-"Stuff is not availab;le in the list of profiles (BUG)
-Create new profile called "stuff"
-Select "stuff" in the list of profiles (it's now available)
-Half the time this crashes Drakconnect (think it might be DHCP on eth0 taking 2
minutes to time out, hint hint) (BUG:reduce timeout for DHCP)
-Launch the wizard (let's try it out !!)
-Use auto detection and Expert mode are checked
-Next
-LAN connection
-Next
-"We are going to configure teh connection" -> (IMPROVEMENT: yeah I know, that
why i pressed the Launch Wizard button)
-Next
-Found Intel... Pro 100 network, do you have another one? (BUG: where is my
vnetusba device???)
-Yes -> Next
-Select "usbvnet_rfmd"
-Next
-Another one?, No, Next
-Config eth0(e100), i set up static address
-Next
-Config eth1(e100) (BUG: it should be usbvnet_rfmd)
-Setup as DHCP (BUG: where is the wireless options configuration???)
-Next
-Zeroconf -> nothing, hostname: i set up "stuffy", Next
-Next
-Proxies -> none
-Next
-Config complete, apply??? yes -> Next
-Network restarted, do I want to restart??? Yes -> Next
-Computer hangs for a couple of minutes (BUG: wireless is trying to get address
from DHCP but I haven't configured the wireless options so where is it going to
get it from??? Nowhere. Reduce the timeout, please)
-Congratulations.... (BUG: Drakconnect has blatantly not been able to configure
DHCP, where is the feedback on that)
-BUG: ok, I have two network interfaces "connected", where do I specify which
one I use for connecting to the internet in the wizard???
-Finish
-Click "Configure Hostname"
-Enter the DNS server and gateway (BUG: what i they are supplied by DHCP i.e.
linked to the previous bug, let teh user choose which interface is used to
connect to the internet)
-I enter the manual values - i know them
-Finish
-Click "Configure Internet Access"
-BUG: gateway, i just entered that, something better would be a list of
available devices and let the user choose, which one is used to connect to teh
internet
-Click Ok
-Click Ok again to exit Drakconnect (BUG: again, running DHCP and waiting for
timeout)
Now two situations: I am a newbie and I have no idea how to configure wireless
settings and I can't find any tool to do so -> I ditch MDK 9.2 and go back to
Windblows world.
I am me and i wat to support MDK, so I manually run iwconfig to set up the right
iwconfig parameters, ok, wireless is up, now i still need DHCP !! (BUG: where am
i meant to enter the wireless settings so they are saved ?? also, how about
multiple wireless profiles)
-Click on Drakconnect again
-BUG: eth1 has disappeared
-Relaunch the whole wizard with teh smae bugs :(
-BUG: although i specify I have a usbvnet_rfmd device, I cannot configure it
(Wizard only does eth0) :-(
It would be nice if this could be fixed, I'll check this bug regularly because
it really matters to me so I am willing to give as much info as possible.
