It may be easier to solve this problem at the installfest, assuming we have wifi. i will seek out advice from one of you at that time. i'm very close to solving this, the only problem is that i don't receive an ip address. mike h Gerard Snitselaar wrote: >Since orinoco_cs uses orinoco, I believe it should >be loaded automatically. > >On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 09:25:10AM -0700, Mike Hoy wrote: > > >>dont' i need to have modprobe.conf showing 2 drivers? >> >>orinoco and orinoco_cs ?? >> >>thanks, >> >>mike hoy >> >>Gerard Snitselaar wrote: >> >> >> >>>What is the output of lsmod when you have the orinoco drivers >>>installed? >>> >>>You will also want a line in the /etc/modprobe.conf file >>>like this: >>> >>>alias eth1 orinoco_cs >>> >>> >>> >>>On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 12:33:33AM -0700, Mike Hoy wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>[mikeaz_laptop@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 >>>>cat: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1: No such file or directory >>>>[mikeaz_laptop@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 >>>>DEVICE=eth0 >>>>BOOTPROTO=dhcp >>>>ONBOOT=yes >>>>TYPE=Ethernet >>>>[mikeaz_laptop@localhost ~]$ >>>> >>>>I'm guessing that since this is set to be eth0 I need to make an >>>>identical one named ifcg-eth1. >>>> >>>>because it always seems to be eth1 for my wifi card. >>>> >>>>any ideas? >>>> >>>>mike hoy >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Gerard Snitselaar wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>In FC2 I have it all in the ifcfg file for the wireless interface. >>>>>I imagine it is the same for FC3. Take a look at >>>>>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and see what it contains. >>>>> >>>>>This is what my wireless ifcfg file looks like. ath0 because I have >>>>>the atheros chipset, which I have had no problems with. My laptop >>>>>and one of my pcs use atheros wifi. >>>>> >>>>>DEVICE=ath0 >>>>>BOOTPROTO=dhcp >>>>>TYPE=Wireless >>>>>ESSID=essid >>>>>RATE=Auto >>>>>IWCONFIG="key 123456789a" >>>>> >>>>>You can also set other wireless things like >>>>> >>>>>CHANNEL= >>>>>MODE= >>>>>PEERDNS= >>>>> >>>>>Once you have everything set in the ifcfg-eth1 file >>>>>you should be able to do ifup eth1, or ifconfig eth1 up >>>>>and have the interface using dhcp. >>>>> >>>>>On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 11:01:25PM -0700, mike hoy wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Ok, can you tell me exactly what you want me to type to 'keep this card >>>>>>on dhcp'? >>>>>> >>>>>>/sbin/iwconfig eth1 xxxxxx ?? >>>>>>or >>>>>>/sbin/ifconfig eth1 xxxx ? >>>>>> >>>>>>or is there some setting elsewhere perhaps in an application? >>>>>> >>>>>>and as fars as the router goes it is not my own so I can't do anything >>>>>>for it. >>>>>>btw using gnome in FC3 2.6.10 kernel >>>>>> >>>>>>thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>>mike hoy >>>>>> >>>>>>Michael wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>That card should work, set up router to give that nic a static ip, but >>>>>>>keep the nic on DHCP. I found this worked on mine, I am using Netgear >>>>>>>wg511. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>mike hoy wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Pluggers! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Hi, I bought a netgear ma401 wifi nic at the suggestion of a fellow >>>>>>>>plugger a while back because it 'just worked' when used with >>>>>>>>slackware. However, since slackware never could get my sound card >>>>>>>>working I swithced to fedora core 3 and this netgear ma401 802.11b >>>>>>>>16-bit PCMCIA wifi nic doesn't work. but i am confused because it >>>>>>>>seems like it is at least recognized: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>here is ifconfig >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"" Nickname:"Prism I" >>>>>>>> Mode:Managed 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 >>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>This leads me to believe it is a prism chipset >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>-------------------- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>dmesg >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>eth1: Station identity 001f:0006:0001:0003 >>>>>>>>eth1: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.3.6 >>>>>>>>eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported >>>>>>>>eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported >>>>>>>>eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key >>>>>>>>eth1: MAC address 00:09:5B:23:3B:D6 >>>>>>>>eth1: Station name "Prism I" >>>>>>>>eth1: ready >>>>>>>>eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>*these are just the last few lines the entire dmesg can be seen at: >>>>>>>>http://www.pastebin.com/230853 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>by the way Dennis K, could you dmesg and iwconfig your netgear card >>>>>>>>for me and tell me what yours says? we have the same card you and I. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Thanks gals and guys, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Mike Hoy >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>>>>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss