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Old 03-06-2004, 03:37 PM   #1
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wireless help (can't find IP address)


I've been trying for days to get my wireless working. I'm running a 2.6.3 kernel.

relevant output of lspci is:
02:02.0 Network controller: Harris Semiconductor Prism 2.5 Wavelan ch 01)

ifconfig yeilds:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:09:6B:10:EE:83
inet addr:192.168.0.8 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1142 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1136 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:981870 (958.8 Kb) TX bytes:132837 (129.7 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000 Memory:d0200000-d0200038

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:05:3C:03:82:72
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3872 (3.7 Kb) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc000 Memory:f8000000-f8000fff

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:200 (200.0 b) TX bytes:200 (200.0 b)

and iwconfig shows:
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"NETGEAR" Nickname:"Prism I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417GHz Access Point: 00:09:5B:9D:5B:C2
Bit Rate:2Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
Retry min limit:8 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:64/92 Signal level:-33 dBm Noise level:-143 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:19 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth1 i'm assuming is the wireless since the MAC address associated with it is the same as the wireless card. when I bring eth1 up the kwifimanager applet detects a signal but it cannot find an ip address. I'm connecting to a NETGEAR wireless router in my apartment.

All of these outputs were from when i had eth0 started up and eth1 brought up as well.

Someone please help i've spent way to much time on this and gotten nowhere.

Brian
 
Old 03-07-2004, 07:44 PM   #2
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did you set up eth1 through ifconfig ?
what is the output of route -v (not sure if its the best switch but it'll work) ?
 
Old 03-07-2004, 08:46 PM   #3
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i used iwconfig to set up the essid and wireless prefrences, i just used ifconfig to bring eth1 up. The drivers were included in the 2.6 kernel via wireless suport and 802.11b support
 
Old 03-07-2004, 10:20 PM   #4
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what is the output of route -v (not sure if its the best switch but it'll work) ?
 
  


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