On October 2, 2005 00:37, David R. Litwin wrote: > > 1. Get the nic associate with the access point > > > Try configuring the wireless settings manually with iwconfig > > iwconfig eth1 enc off > > iwconfig eth1 essid myessid > > iwconfig eth1 channel mychannel > > Now check the state of the card: > > iwconfig eth1 > > You should see IEEE 802.11[abg] on the first line, instead of > > "unassociated". > > See if you can arping your access point > > arping -i eth1 <ip address, probably 192.168.0.1 <http://192.168.0.1>> > > All of this works nicely. However, I need to set an IP before I can arping. > Elsewise, it says that ath0 is not activated (or some such thing). > > 2. Configure the network device with ifconfig > > > ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.10 <http://192.168.0.10> > > See if you can ping your access point > > ping <ip address> > > All of this works nicely. It seems that ping never stops: Is this so, for > that is what was happening to me.
Yes, ping by default never stops. If you just want it to send a few packets you can use the -c option. > 3. Now try configuring by dhcp > > > dhclient3 eth1 > > This should set your DNS server information as well. > > Try pinging your access point again. > > If that works, try pinging a site by name > > ping www.google.ca <http://www.google.ca> > > Again, all went well with this. > > See how far you can get following these steps. > > > It seems to me that the problem is not with the connection, but rather with > the applications. Could this be? What could this problem be? How do I > correct it? Did you try your applications once you had your connection up? They should have worked as well. I suspect the problem is with the configuration you have in /etc/network/interfaces. Or maybe the problem was with your WEP configuration. Try recreating the configuration you applied in steps 1 through 3 in /etc/network/interfaces. Something like: iface mytest inet dhcp wireless-enc off wireless-essid myessid wireless-channel mychannel Then bring ath1 up like this: ifdown ath1 ifup ath1=mytest Then test the connection. Try pinging and some other applications. Let me know how that works for you. > > I thank you kindly. You're welcome. Luca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
