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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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