[KLUG Members] Laptop PCMCIA Wireless Problem

[Eric Beversluis]

It might be good to gather collective brains at Tuesday's general assistance
meeting to address Kevin's and my Wi-Fi-on-laptop-via- PCMCIA problems.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Wixson" <kevin at wixsonit.com>
To: "Kalamazoo Linux User Group" <members at kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:08 PM
Subject: [KLUG Members] Laptop PCMCIA Wireless Problem


> John says I screwed up the LPI thread, so here's a fresh one for my
> business. Sorry for making a mess.
>
> I still can't get my Netgear MA401 Wireless PCMCIA network card to work on
> my Gateway Solo 1200 running SuSe 9.1 Pro. FYI, all was working when
> running Win XP just before I installed Linux. John asked about different
> access points, and yes, this problem persists under multiple AP
> environments, including the Linksys WAP11 here at home and the one at the
> Chamber.
>
> I tried Matthew's solution, which was:
>
> go to a console i.e. Crtl+Alt+F1, F2, F3...
> log in as root then do
>
> ifdown eth0
> ifdown eth1
> ifup eth1
>
> ...which seems like it would be the thing to do, but it didn't work. The
> response when I enter
>
> # ifup eth1
>
> is:
>
>  > Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth1... no IP address yet...
backgrounding
>
> and the link light is solid again but there is no connection.
> Again,  iwconfig reveals that it is picking up the ESSID, but ifconfig
> shows that it is not getting the DHCP information. No IP address, no net
> mask, no default gateway, etc. It *does* list various amounts of errors in
> the TX line. Is that significant? Can you find out what those errors are?
> Is it helpful to find out what those errors are? How do I get it to
receive
> DHCP info?
>
> DHCP, in this case, by the way, is being carried out by Internet
Connection
> Sharing on a box running Win2k Pro. Necessary because I am forced to use
> satellite Internet access, which only runs on Windows.
>
> Must get this running or wife will insist that I put Windows XP back on
there.
>
>
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>
> HELP!
>
> I've been bugging some of you about this issue at the meetings lately and
> you've all been very kind to help me as much as you can. I'm still can't
> get it fixed, though.
>
> System:
> Gateway Solo 1200
>          800MHz
>          128MB RAM
>          CD-ROM
>          10/100 Integrated
>          WinModem
>          1024x768 LCD
> Netgear MA401 wireless PCMCIA card
>
> I know about this much about Linux. {holds thumb and index finger about a
> centimeter apart}
>
> People who tried to help me with this suggested that it seemed to be a
> problem with the PCMCIA system in Mandrake 10 Official. So, last night I
> installed SuSe 9.1 Pro [Thanks Bruce!] and plugged in the card. SuSe
> recognized it and I configured it and the link light is solid when it is
in
> the computer. The iwconfig command reveals that the card is recognizing
the
> access point's ESSID, but from what I can tell from the ifconfig command,
> the card (Eth1) is not getting info from DHCP. Network no joy.
>
> Where do I start?
>
>
>
> Kevin C. Wixson
> kevin at wixsonit.com
> http://www.angelfire.com/mi/kevincharles
> http://www.wixsonit.com
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