Re: Netgear MA401 16-bit PCMCIA wifi card and FC3

[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
>>>>
>>>>
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