Hello Forum! (first post)
I have a problem with my WLAN PCMCIA Card and Slackware : I think to have all drivers and packages installed, the iwlist found an AccessPoint (fritzbox), but I can not ping the Accesspoint... iwconfig shows the AccessPoint to have a MAC of 00.00.00.00.00.00... Do I have to change that manually ??? Well I can't figure out, why I get an 'unreachable' while trying to ping the AP.. Has anyone an idea ??
Hardware / Software Setup :
-Trendware TEW226PC with RTL8180 Chipset
-IBM Thinkpad T21
-Slackware 10.1
-Kernel 2.4.21
I installed the WLAN-Card's driver (rtl8180-sa2400 from sourceforge).
Then I tested if the card was found :
Code:
bash-3.00# lspci | grep 8180
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 8180 (rev 20)
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Then I run some configuration according to my wireless network at home...
Code:
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.178.21
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid "FRITZ"
iwconfig wlan0 key open s:"ObWoQXYatrc12"
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
route add default gw 192.168.178.1
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Then ifconfig and iwconfig have the following output :
Code:
bash-3.00# ifconfig
...
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:F4:9E:7E:D2
inet addr:192.168.178.21 Bcast:192.168.178.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:98 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:330 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2940 (2.8 Kb) TX bytes:11344 (11.0 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Memory:d0ad2000-d0ad2100
bash-3.00# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"FRITZ"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=11Mb/s
Retry:on Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:5A62-5737-6958-5961-6364-6336-37 Security mode:open
Link Quality:92/100 Signal level:-51 dBm Noise level:-248 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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I started kwifimanager to check out the status and it's showing the following :
signal strength: 95
connected to network : FRITZ
access point : 00:00:00:00:00:00
local ip : 192.168.178.21
frequency : 2.437 (cannal 6)
Any ideas which steps of configuration are missing ?
Why does iwconfig show the wrong AP-MAC of 00.00.00.00.00.00 ?
Why can I get the essid and not ping the AP ?
Thx in advance
Best Wishes,
Timo