[Preston] Network Newbie need help with WiFi
entwisi
preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Nov 20 21:58:01 2002
Doh! Copied all the contents of the modules folder and it doesn't
throw the error. So now i've done that iwconfig shows
eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"" Nickname:"Prism I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:42.9497GHz Access Point:
44:44:44:44:44:44
Bit Rate:2Mb/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
[root@localhost net]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:E0:91:06:97
inet addr:192.168.1.0 Bcast:127.255.255.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:950 (950.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x4000 Memory:cddff000-cddfffff
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:460 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:460 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:29226 (28.5 Kb) TX bytes:29226 (28.5 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:23662 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24761 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:21661744 (20.6 Mb) TX bytes:2643150 (2.5 Mb)
Am I right in guessing that the link quality 0/92 is not good at this
point.
Cheers
Ian
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 21:23, entwisi wrote:
> 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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