Hello everyone: I have the strangest problem I have ever encountered. It deals with a Linksys router and a W11S4PC or I have seen it also referenced as WPC11 V4.
The problem is as follows. I have been using this setup without problems with Debian and kernel 2.4.20 with the version 1.5 of the realtek driver. Everything worked beautifully. I had been noticing some strange activity with the router so I decided to play a little bit and tried to install ettercap. This application is on the unstable debian repository; therefore, while installing other applications where also upgraded. I did this not with the wireless card but a 3Com card which seems to perform faster. When I went to use the wireless it did not work. I figured something got upgraded that broke things down. I did not feel like figuring out the problem so I simply reinstalled Debian. Here is the problem. I installed debian and reisntalled the driver of the card with the kernel, I had it archived. Now the driver loads fine but I get no response from the network. I recompiled the driver and kernel with the configuration files known to work and nothing. I inspected the kernel setup and looks like it should work, all I really need is the Networking, PCMCIA, PCMCIA wireless and the Wireless (hamradio) for this driver to work. I did that but no results. Then I figured maybe a setup with the Router. I tried with windows 98 and the card seems to be working just fine. My question is what type of trouble shooting can I do to diagnose what the problem is? I have tried manually setting up the IP but I get no response from any computer on the network. The driver is loaded and I see light activity on the card but I cannot ping any other machine on the network. This card was working 3 days ago with the same distribution, kernel, driver, and setup. The only difference is that while updating apt-get, it might be getting different versions of the packages. HELP! Thanks, Alvaro
