Try using wlan0 just as you would eth0: iwconfig wlan0 essid '<your-essid-here>' ifconfig wlan0 up
Then, however you would configure an IP address: either manually, e.g.,: ifconfig wlan0 address a.b.c.d or: dhclient wlan0 Cheers, Andy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Maximilian Pascher wrote: > Hi, > I've got a D-Link DWL 650 wlan card and a problem with it... When I insert > the > card I dmsg shows the following messages: > > init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.15 Loaded > init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs > prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 11, io 0x0100-0x013f > ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0 > ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.0.7 > ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.3.5 > MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1 > CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 > PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=4/4 > STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/9 > PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 > STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 > STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1 > Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000 > > Ifconfig shows the wlan device wlan0: > > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:05:5D:EE:F5:AE > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > iwconfig shows: > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b ESSID:"non-spec" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44 > Bit Rate:200kb/s > Link Quality:0/100 Signal level:81/100 Noise level:27/100 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > And I don't get any device like a eth1, which I could configure for Internet > access... > Because of my good experience with wlan_ng on my Sharp Zaurus I wanted to use > it on my notebook (HP omnibook xt1000), too... > > I hope You have some good ideas :-) > > greetz > > Max > > > -- > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GIT(S) dx s: a--- C++ UL++++ P+ L+++ E--- W+++ N+ o-- K- w-- > O-- M- V- PS+ PE++ Y PGP++ t- 5-- X- R- tv b+(++) DI++ D+ > G e* h! r y? > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > GnuPG key available on http://www.linuxforall.de > > Think about TCPA > > Don't let entertainment industry cut Your rights! > > FAQ: > English: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html > German: http://moon.hipjoint.de/tcpa-palladium-faq-de.html > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
