Blimey - either a lucky guess or a phenomenal memory (: On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:26:11 +1300 Andy Leach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A Montieths Black for the man! Thanks Steve! > > Case closed, > > Andy > > - thanks for the warning on WEP Craig, I'll address it with them. > > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > iwconfig wlan0 channel x essid xxxxx mode managed key xxxxxxxxxx > > > > where all the 'x' need replacing by the real data from your ap. The > > simplest one to get up and running is if your ap is in open/wep mode. If > > you're using a 5 character key instead of 10 hex, prefix it with s: > > > > Steve > > > > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:40:04 +1300 > > Andy Leach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> it's a DSE 802.11g PCI XH8343 > >> > >> iwconfig: > >> lo - no wireless extensions found > >> eth0- no wireless extensions found > >> wlan0 - 802.11b/g Mode: managed > >> Frequency 2.417GHz > >> Access Point: not associated > >> Bit Rate: 11Mb/s > >> Retry: on Fragment thr:off > >> Power management: off > >> Link Quality: 0 Signal Level: 0 ( all the rest are also zero ) > >> > >> ifconfig > >> > >> lo - is this needed? > >> > >> wlan0 - > >> Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:44:B7:B8:A8 > >> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric: 1 > >> TX packets: 1 errors:3173 dropped: 352 overruns:0 carrier: 0 > >> collsisions: 0 tx queuelen:1000 > >> RX bytes: 71 (71.0 b) TXbytes:385812 (376.7KiB) > >> Interrupts:58 Memory f889a000-f889a100 > >> > >> > >> The network person tells me that WEP is all there is. I'm trying to > >> connect to a NetComm Super-G Wireless Firewall Router if that helps. > >> > >> dmesg and lspci gave me a _lot_ of output, I'm transcribing the output > >> from one PC to another - can you give me an idea of what I'm looking for? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Andy > >> > >> Craig FALCONER wrote: > >>> So you have a machine with a wireless NIC that doesn't connect... > >>> > >>> Please provide more info: > >>> Output of lspci > >>> Output of dmesg > >>> What chipset NIC is it? > >>> Output of iwconfig and ifconfig > >>> And talk to the network people and ask for the WPA key and details. Its > >>> unlikely to be just WEP. > >>> > >>> BTW WPA also requires wpasupplicant to be running, to handle the > >>> background > >>> key changes. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Andy Leach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Sent: Monday, 16 October 2006 10:19 p.m. > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: Linux in a M$ DHCP world > >>> > >>> > >>> I set up the work one today, which was just as trivial to do up to > >>> one > >>> point. The network is wireless and, while the card is recognised, I > >>> can't access anything on the lan, I can't ping anything local or remote > >>> either. I have the WEP(?) Key entered and DHCP selected but nothing is > >>> happening. Google's not giving me much, apart from disabling eth0 - > >>> which I'll try tomorrow. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > >
