[Darren, it looks as though your reply came to me off-list, so I am not pruning it below.]
On Monday, 2 January 2006 at 16:15:01 -0800, Darren Weber wrote: > On 1/2/06, Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Monday, 2 January 2006 at 11:28:54 -0800, Darren Weber wrote: > > > A new router has options for WEP and WPA protocols. Is there any > > > reason why your router would not allocate an IP under DHCP using > > > one or another of > > > > It does allocate IPs to a mac and also to a windoze laptop, and the > > dhcp is working fine for the three or five linux boxes on wired > > connections too. The problem only occurs with the orinoco card on > > my laptop. That is why I suspected initially that my set-up was > > wrong, and afterwards that 1 or more modules may be absent. > > > > [...] > > > You might try building the kernel with different versions of the > > > orinoco driver. > > > > That sounds like more work than I am prepared to invest in this. > > What version is your orinoco driver? check > > dmesg | grep orinoco 0.15rc2 > > I've found it easy to install a new version of the driver. Just > download from sourceforge, make, make install. > I see there is a 0.15rc4, though, reading the notes, it doesn't look as though it will fix my issue. I may try it today if I have time, but I am not expecting much. > > > > I know the version in the 2.6.8 kernel is working for me with WEP. > > > I can tell you that I cannot use WPA because the wpa_supplicant > > > package requires roaming access on the driver, which is not > > > working for me in the orinoco_cs driver built with Debian kernel > > > source for 2.6.8 (it doesn't have the ioctl hooks for roaming > > > etc., so wpa_supplicant fails to interact with the card > > I don't think I fully understand that. What does roaming mean > > exactly? I certainly get three local stations listed by 'iwlist > > eth0 scan' (one of which is mine, of course). > > > > Thanks for your comments, but I have pretty much given up hope of > > solving this issue. > > > > -- richard > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
