[KLUG Members] Laptop PCMCIA Wireless Problem

[Kevin Wixson]

That would be great!



At 06:29 AM 9/3/2004, Eric Beversluis wrote:
>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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > PREVIOUS MESSAGE
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > 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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> >
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Kevin C. Wixson
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