Static IP problem with ndiswrapper + Slackware 10

Reekkor · 01-25-2005, 10:30 AM

Hi there

My problem is, that i can't access the internet, when in school. I am using Slackware 10, with some Asus wireless card, which has to use ndiswrapper to work. I can access the internet at home, by using dhcp, but i don't know how to configure wlan0 so i can use the following settings:

IP: 192.168.110.xxx
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.128
Default gateway: 192.168.0.1

Primary DNS server: 195.231.241.125
Secondary DNS server: 130.226.1.2

These settings work fine in windows, but i just don't know how to configure Slackware to use them. Can anyone help me?

Reekkor · 01-26-2005, 02:41 AM

Someone in #linux on freenode helped me, so now i'm a bit further, though it doesn't really work yet. Instead of me talking, let me show you what i do, and what it results in:

Code:

bash-2.05b# insmod ndiswrapper

Using /lib/modules/2.4.26/misc/ndiswrapper.o

bash-2.05b# ifconfig wlan0 up

bash-2.05b# ifconfig wlan0 up 192.168.110.108

bash-2.05b# ifconfig wlan0 netmask 255.255.255.128


bash-2.05b# ifconfig wlan0

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:6E:74:58:CF

          inet addr:192.168.110.108  Bcast:192.168.110.255  Mask:255.255.255.128
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:1742 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0
          RX bytes:198384 (193.7 Kb)  TX bytes:2454 (2.3 Kb)




bash-2.05b# iwconfig wlan0

wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"My Wireless Network B"

          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.422GHz  Access Point: 00:02:2D:4E:C4:DB
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm
          RTS thr:2346 B   Fragment thr:2346 B

          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:100/100  Signal level:-40 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm

          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:2151   Missed beacon:0



/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf:

# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]=""

NETMASK[0]=""

USE_DHCP[0]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""



# Config information for eth1:

IPADDR[1]=""

NETMASK[1]=""

USE_DHCP[1]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""



# Config information for eth2:

IPADDR[2]=""

NETMASK[2]=""

USE_DHCP[2]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[2]=""



# Config information for eth3:

IPADDR[3]=""

NETMASK[3]=""

USE_DHCP[3]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[3]=""



# Default gateway IP address:

GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"



# Change this to "yes" for debugging output to stdout.  Unfortunately,

# /sbin/hotplug seems to disable stdout so you'll only see debugging output

# when rc.inet1 is called directly.


DEBUG_ETH_UP="no"


/etc/resolv.conf:

nameserver 195.231.241.125

nameserver 130.226.1.2

Yeah, well, problem is: I still can't access any sites. I can't even ping anything (IP or hostname, doesn't matter).

bathory · 01-26-2005, 02:58 AM

Try to run the following commands after all the others:

Code:

route add -host 192.168.110.108 dev wlan0
route add default gw 192.168.0.1

Reekkor · 01-26-2005, 03:21 AM

Thanks for your reply. I tried as you suggested, and the first command worked fine. The second though, didn't work out:

Code:

bash-2.05b# route add default gw 192.168.0.1
SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable

When i do route now, i see the following, which is kinda weird:

Code:

bash-2.05b# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.110.108 *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 wlan0
192.168.110.0   *               255.255.255.128 U     0      0        0 wlan0
loopback        *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo

Huh? Maybe i'm just downright stupid, but can you tell me what's going on?

bathory · 01-26-2005, 03:46 AM

Perhaps your card is not working properly. Try the next command before adding the gateway:

Code:

route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.128 dev wlan0

Are you sure about your gateway IP, since it's on a different subnet(192.168.0.1 and your IP is 192.168.110.168)?

Reekkor · 01-26-2005, 03:58 AM

Woohoo! It works! It finally works. Thanks a huge lot bathory, you're the greatest!