help with wireless config

drum2jc · 01-16-2005, 02:31 AM

i have a compaq r3000z notebook with a broadcom 54g 802.11g wireless nic, and it has a button on the ouside to enable the wireless on/off. i just got it to work using ndiswrapper and the driver that came with the computer (for winxp).

my question now is how to connect to a wireless network, or config the card, or do whatever i need to do to get on the internet..
the following are commands i have entered into the terminal and what they have come back as. i'm hoping they will help you determine where i'm at.

also, does anyone know of a graphical interface for linux that will manage wireless access points, config for the card, and stuff?

Code:

linux:/media/cdrecorder/SWSetup/WLAN # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"Chris's Wireless"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:0F:3D:37:E7:92
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:25 dBm
          RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:100/100  Signal level:-63 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:310   Missed beacon:0

Code:

linux:/media/cdrecorder/SWSetup/WLAN # dhcpcd wlan0
linux:/media/cdrecorder/SWSetup/WLAN #     wlan0
ERROR: No configuration found for wlan0

Code:

linux:/media/cdrecorder/SWSetup/WLAN # iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:3D:37:E7:92
                    ESSID:"Chris's Wireless"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:0/100  Signal level:-63 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:0F:66:C4:31:A7
                    ESSID:"debbie"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:0/100  Signal level:-83 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0

thanks for any help you can give me

tricky_linux · 01-16-2005, 08:36 AM

Quote:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Chris's Wireless"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:3D:37:E7:92
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-63 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:310 Missed beacon:

from the above, u can see ur card already recognize ur router. all u need to do is configure it
there is a million ways of how to do this
but i do most of this stuff in terminal
there are also different ways for different driver
here is just one way i remember
first u didn't give an ip addr & netmask for ur wificard
second, u didn't gve the gateway ip
third, u didn't give the dns ip.
#/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 ip_addr netmask masknumber
#/sbin/route add default gw gateway_addr
now if u just substitute them with real numbers, ur card should be workin right away
i am not familiar with ur card, or broadcom.
so i am not sure u need to make a startup script or not