On Monday 15 Dec 2003 5:56 pm, Benjy wrote: > i've got for meself a compex wlu11a wireless usb adapter. did some research > on it and i found that it was to use the atmel driver. came across this > site: > > Jenning's Homelinux site. (found out i can't post URLs ) > > and it said to use the at76c503a driver over the atmel one. followed the > instructions on screen and everything seemed to work. well, it worked up to > the point where i can't seem to be able to surf. did a iwconfig, and > realised that essid has been resetted to a default setting and so were the > modes and channels. restored it back, got a signal level, but was still > unable to surf or use the net. > > am a windows user actually, played with RH9 a few months back and i got my > wlu11a working but doesn't seem to be so with Mandrake 9.2. and i wonder > why. can anyone point me in the right direction please? > > p.s. did some searching in this forum, came across stuff like 'service > network restart.' how do you actually do that anyways? also, what does > broadcast in linux mean? the gateway or the dns server? > > my server settings in case needed for explanation: > Internal IP: 192.168.168.102 > DNS servers: 165.21.100.88 and 165.21.83.88 > Gateway: 192.168.168.1 > SubnetMask: 255.255.255.0 > DHCP Server:192.168.168.1 > (Got the above information from me windows xp os) > > thanks and pardon the long post!
I am the author of the site you found. It sounds as if you are very nearly there. If you have a signal level then the wireless system seems to be working. Your problem is likely to be setting up your default routes or the nameserver. Could you post the contents of the following files please? /etc/resolv.conf /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 /etc/sysconfig/network The 'service network restart' I mention on my site is a command to restart networking. To use it open a terminal window and enter 'su' to become root user. The 'Broadcast' address is a reserved IP number which all devices on a Lan listen to. By default it is the highest address in the subnet. In your case it will be 192.168.168.255 derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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