[Preston] Network Newbie need help with WiFi
Jon Hill
preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
Thu Nov 21 17:25:01 2002
great, thanks
any good resources on the web that you could point me to?
I have come up with a suggested network diagram for a wireless access point,
I will post it on the web soon, it would be good to get some suggestions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "kenw" <kenw@keeper.org.uk>
To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>; <jon@fairserve.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Preston] Network Newbie need help with WiFi
> Not a problem, just ask away...
>
> Ken
>
> Jon Hill wrote:
> > Ken,
> >
> > I have just ordered some Orinoco Silver cards and got a donated laptop
to
> > try out as a Linux access point. Would you mind if I throw some
questions at
> > you over the coming days?
> >
> > Jon
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ken Wolstencroft" <kenw@keeper.org.uk>
> > To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 9:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Preston] Network Newbie need help with WiFi
> >
> >
> >
> >>Looks like it didn't compile properly.
> >>
> >>make pci
> >>make install_pci
> >>modprobe hostap_pci
> >>
> >>If you get it to build, but the module doesn't load, try building the
plx
> >>module:
> >>
> >>make plx
> >>make install_plx
> >>modprobe hostap_plx
> >>
> >>I have a Pheenet WL002, which is a fully packaged pci card, but requires
> >
> > the
> >
> >>plx driver.
> >>
> >>I hope this helps...
> >>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 9:23 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [Preston] Network Newbie need help with WiFi
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>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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