Hi
this is my first post. I have installed the ndswrapper 1.0 for belkin 54g f5d7010 32 bit card bus, as per the instructions on fedora core 3. I got the card powered up but some how couldnot configure. please help. I couldnot even ping. I tried using dhcp but didn't work. so I am using static IP.

here is the output from ifconfig:

[root@bvsn ~]# ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=0 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=8 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
12 packets transmitted, 0 received, +9 errors, 100% packet loss, time 11000ms, pipe 4
[root@bvsn ~]# /sbin/ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1659 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1659 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1591428 (1.5 MiB) TX bytes:1591428 (1.5 MiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:50:02:B1:3E
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:50ff:fe02:b13e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 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:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Memory:20800000-20801fff

any help is greatly appreciated. thanks.

Hello there! Welcome to LQ.
You seem to have everything set up correctly in your outputs there. I would not use ping to test whether a connection has been established as many routers now block ICMP echo requests by default. I'm surprised dhcp didnt work. What is the output of your iwconfig command? If you set the ssid with
iwconfig wlan0 essid <name of AP/router here>
and then
dhclient wlan0
you should get an IP from your router and be set but let me know.
Cheers
Chris

thanks for the reply chris.

I am newbie. could you pl tell me how to get the name of the AP/router ?

Sure, you should've set it up when you set up the network but, if your card supports it, you can get it by typing at the command line
iwlist wlan0 scanning
Cheers
Chris

tried but no luck. I don't understand where it is going wrong.

[root@bvsn ~]# cardctl eject 0
[root@bvsn ~]# iwlist wlan0 scanning
wlan0 No scan results
[root@bvsn ~]# iwconfig wlan0 essid linksys
[root@bvsn ~]# dhclient wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.1
Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 (??? does this mean router name is wrong ???)
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:11:50:02:b1:3e
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:11:50:02:b1:3e
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16

Dont worry about the unknown hardware address errors. The main problem here is indicated in the fact that there are no results for the scan. This means your card cannot see you Access Point. Trouble shoot from this angle. Try changing the channel between 1,6 and 11. Try w/out encryption on the Access Point and card before adding it. Any "turbo" or "high-speed" extensions you may wish to disable also.
Regards
Chris

I tried changing channels but still no luck. could you please see the iwconfig o/p if there is something wrong


ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,06/13/2003, 3.20.23.0) added
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: using irq 11
divert: allocating divert_blk for wlan0
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:50:02:b1:3e using driver bcmwl5
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP

divert: freeing divert_blk for wlan0
ndiswrapper: device wlan0 removed
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: using irq 11
divert: allocating divert_blk for wlan0
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:50:02:b1:3e using driver bcmwl5
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
divert: freeing divert_blk for wlan0
ndiswrapper: device wlan0 removed
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: using irq 11
divert: allocating divert_blk for wlan0
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:50:02:b1:3e using driver bcmwl5
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
divert: freeing divert_blk for wlan0
ndiswrapper: device wlan0 removed
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: using irq 11
divert: allocating divert_blk for wlan0
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:50:02:b1:3e using driver bcmwl5
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present

Hey dude,

Are you sure thats an iwconfig output? That looks more like lspci to me. However thats fine. Your module has inserted so itsnot a ndiswrapper problem, more a config problem in your ifcfg-wlan0 file or whatever. iwconfig will probably show nothing. What is the name of your Access Point when you first set it up?

thank you very much for following up.

you are write. I thought the iwconfig will overwrite the previous log. sorry!

and the router is a linksys 54mbps one. my friend set it up some time back and I will have to wait for his email(out of country at present) to know the exact name.

is there no other way to find it out from windows?

sorry that was right on the second line. not write.

Yes, its the name of your network. I'm not sure how I can make it more clear. When you connect to your network it will be something like WLAN, belkin54g, network, default .... something like that. BTW you can edit your posts instead of adding extra ones - just use the edit button.
Cheers
Chris

on windows xp it says "wireless". should I use this as the name of access point

Wireless Network Connection(wireless)
Speed: 54 Mbps

Where does it say that? Please try and be more specific. Yes that sounds right anyway. Its probably the default name for linksys routers...

when I see the available wireless networks it says so. If that is right I will boot linux and try. thank you

Yes, that is the correct name for your network then.