[Preston] Network Newbie need help with WiFi
entwisi
preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Nov 20 21:24:01 2002
Ken
Thanks for the response, I have just downloaded the hostap stuff , It
compiles OK it fell over on the make install_pci bit due to a dodgy path
error, I have put it in /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/drivers/net
but on running /sbin/depmod -a I get unresolved symbols in
hostapp_pci.o
Any Ideas?
Ian
PS Yes I would be happy to participate in your scheme as long as it
isn't hogging my system too much and I have no security concerns
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 20:23, Ken Wolstencroft wrote:
> It looks like you haven't assigned an ip address for your wireless card. You
> should be able to do this by creating an ifcfg-eth0 in
> /etc/syconfig/network-scripts/
>
> You also need to set an IP address on your XP machine in the same range as
> your Linux box. Either set this manually or set up a dhcp server operating
> in the same subnet as your linux box.
>
> The orinoco driver is ok, but I suggest compiling the hostap driver
> http://hostap.epitest.fi/
>
> If you get this working, would you be willing to join our community wireless
> LAN project. This is a completely voluntary project, trying to create a
> coherent wireless network accross the region.
>
> All the best,
> Ken
> WNAP (Wireless Network Access Project)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "entwisi" <entwisi@dsl.pipex.com>
> To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:06 PM
> Subject: [Preston] Network Newbie need help with WiFi
>
>
> > Hi guys(and gals)
> >
> > I am a relative newbie to linux and networking in general and was
> > wondering if anyone could help. I have a wireless LAN running in XP Pro
> > but I am trying to convert to Mandrake. I have sorted all my other
> > issues(NVidia drivers, ADSL connection etc) but this has me stumped.
> >
> > IN XP my setup sort of defies convention but works OK. Basically I have
> > an Actiontec PCI wifi card(DABs value range) in my box and a Actiontec
> > USB WiFi adaptor in SWMBOs set to Ad-hoc. Under XP I had a little fun
> > getting everything working. In the end the setup is as follows. My PC
> > has a fixed IP (192.168.1.0 subnet 255.255.255.0) with a workgroup
> > called "Workgroup". SWMBOs has a dynamic assigned IP(which is always
> > 169.254.171.47 subnet 255.255.0.0) with workgroup "MSHOME". This allows
> > File sharing and Internet connection through my box with no major
> > problems. I don't really know why it works cause I was told both
> > workgroup names should be the same as should the IPs be in the same
> > range.
> >
> > So... I need to get ICS and file sharing working under MDK9.0. I
> > understand that for the file sharing I need to configure Samba but at
> > the moment I can't even ping the boxes so I am not playing around in
> > that just yet. Through searching Google I found that my card needs the
> > orinoco_pci module (it has a Prism 2.5 chipset which is recognised in
> > Harddrake) rather than the orinoco_cs or wavelan drivers. I eventually
> > found this module. On issuing modprobe orinoco_pci when I start MDK
> > Control centre an eth0 appears. In the /var/log/messages file I see
> >
> > Nov 20 19:31:20 localhost kernel: eth0: Channel out of range (0)!
> > Nov 20 19:31:21 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifup eth0
> > Nov 20 19:31:24 localhost kernel: eth0: Channel out of range (0)!
> > Nov 20 19:37:49 localhost last message repeated 2 times
> >
> >
> > I have the wireless tools installed, the output of ifconfig and
> > iwconfig are as follows, I had set essid before doing this(my ppp IP
> > munged for security)
> >
> > [root@localhost log]# ifconfig
> > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> > RX packets:454 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:454 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> > RX bytes:28898 (28.2 Kb) TX bytes:28898 (28.2 Kb)
> >
> > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> > inet addr:*.*.*.* P-t-P:81.86.144.1 Mask:255.255.255.255
> > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:10534 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:9982 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
> > RX bytes:10065226 (9.5 Mb) TX bytes:908863 (887.5 Kb)
> >
> > [root@localhost log]# iwconfig
> > eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"Workgroup" Nickname:"Prism I"
> > Mode:Managed Frequency:42.9497GHz Access Point:
> > 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
> > Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> > Encryption key:off
> > Power Management:off
> > Link Quality:0/92 Signal level:-68 dBm Noise level:-122 dBm
> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> >
> >
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is teh last hurdle to a
> > M$free world.<fx: cheers abound as another one leaves the nest>
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
> >
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