Hello,

I seem to be having trouble getting my wireless pci card to start on boot. It will only start after issuing the command iwlist wlan0 scan. Here are the results:

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:10:35:8E:B7
ESSID:"linksys"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption keyff
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
Cell 02 - Address: 00:0F:B3:4A:4B:C1
ESSID:"MaynardNet"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-62 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption keyn
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:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=200
Extra:atim=0

After this I am able to start wlan0 using mepis os center. Any suggestions on what needs to be fixed. Using ndiswrapper.

Thanks

Roland

Try adding this to /etc/network/interfaces
then
Then see if it comes up next time you boot.

That did not work. I am posting the network interface file from before your suggested additions. When I added the code, it gave me an error on boot saying it could not run auto wlan0 twice. I am looking to get this connected onto my wep-encoded network (i x'ed out the actual password), so the settings in the file seem to be correct. I think it might be ignoring them though.

Thanks.

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
mapping hotplug
script echo

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE
#auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
address 192.168.0.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
#wireless_essid any
#wireless_mode Managed
#wireless_freq 0
#wireless_nwid none
#wireless_key off
#auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
address 192.168.0.15
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
#wireless_essid any
#wireless_mode Managed
#wireless_freq 0
#wireless_nwid none
#wireless_key off
#auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
address 192.168.0.15
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
#wireless_essid any
#wireless_mode Managed
#wireless_freq 0
#wireless_nwid none
#wireless_key off
# Wireless interface
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
address 192.168.0.15
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
wireless_essid MaynardNet
wireless_mode Managed
#wireless_freq 0
#wireless_nwid none
wireless_key xxxxxxxx
# DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE

As a followup, I disable wep from my modem/router and now I cannot get on to the network at all even after issuing: iwlist scan. Does ndiswrapper work ok with PCI cards? Setting up ndiswrapper was very easy on my laptop with the linksys pcmcia wireless g card.

Thanks
Roland

Should work if you have the right windows driver to wrap up. You must have the right one since it works after iwlist scan.

Try commenting out the address stuff like this:
You might want to try with "wireless_key off" first to see if it works, then add the key. Make sure you have the key set up right in the router.

If you want to a static address, you can try to remove dhcp from the iface line and leave in the address stuff.

It doesn't make sense to specify an address and ask for dhcp. If you want dhcp, make sure that your router is set up to be a dhcp server.

No luck. Still will not connect. I really can't figure this out. It seems that it should ifup, but nope. Linux is very frustrating for those who just want to use their computers not spend the weekend rebooting and wasting time. Sorry for the rant.