On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:59:35 -0600, Teilhard wrote:

> I cannot set wireless Internet in computer1. Now computer2
> which uses the  same wireless adapter than computer1 (SMC2662W)
> has Internet and works just  fine. Neither machine lists the
> adapter in Hardwaredrake. 

They probably do with usbview.

> The protocol in  the machine where
> the adapter works is wlan(0). If I go to Mandrake Control 
> Centre (Configure your Computer) and I select "Manage
> Connections" it  doesn't give the driver the connection is
> using, so, I cannot know what to  try in the computer1. I know
> (If I am mistaken please correct me) that this  device is an
> Orinoco device. Well, none of the Orinoco drivers work in 
> computer1. 

Yes, I've had the same experience. I have a a USB wireless
adapter that uses prism_usb, but I cannot set up the driver
manually using it. I doubt it's a driver problem, though.

> To end, the adapter SMC2662W is an USB adapter, and
> I am using  Mandrake 10.1.

Ah. I hid a similar problem. I installed a wireless USB NIC on a
machine, then had to reinstall 10.1 after a nasty power outage.
After the re-install, I had a very tough time getting it to
configure.

What I ended up doing was using Mandrake Control Center to set it
up as a LAN connection (not WLAN!). It spotted the USB NIC fine.
Then to get it working on my network, I used a small app called
wlanfe which allows you to configure the wireless connection.
That got it completely working. Then, once it was working, active
connection, I went back to mcc, added a real wlan connection, and
mcc found it just fine. I can't remember if I set up the wireless
stuff at that point or had to go to manage connections after
that. But that was the basic procedure: add it as a lan
connection, get the connection actually working with wlanfe, then
re-add the connection as a wlan connection, and optionally
configure it with Manage Connections if need be. 

Miark


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