So,

I have been using linux for 5 years now and consider myself a decent user and programmer. However, this wireless connection has me stumped.

I have 2 cards. One in windowsXP and one in Linux. The 2 machines are 1/2 foot away from each other.

In each machine, I can configure the cards in ad-hoc mode successfully (I think so anyway).

So hears the info I have.

In WindowsXP, the search for a wireless network finds my Linux card succesfully and tunes to the correct channel and SSID as my Linux card.

The problem is that is all I seem to be able to do. I cant ping either machine from either one.

Questions,

1) Anyway I can do a search on Linux to find any available networks to connect to?

2) I have a dwl-520 dlink card that uses the new admtek chip-set. Anyone else use this chipset and are there any know problems?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Bruce

Hey,

I assume both cards are working and a lsmod would show that you wireless is loaded in the linux machine... can you ping local address on either machine?

Try it in IBSS mode perhaps? Also try connecting as peer-to-peer to see if you can get a connection that way....

Let us know :-)

Yes,

lsmod shows the module loaded. I see the configs info in iwconfig and ifconfig. I can ping my gateway and lo successfully.

I am not using an access point. I am in ad-hoc mode on both winxp and linux.

I am starting to think I got a bad card, but whay can the winxp box recognize the SSID being broadcast by linux?

Alos, anything special I need to do to my firewall? I have iptables running, but thought I opened everything up for this card. Anyway I can see if iptables is dropping the packets?

Try running TCPDUMP to see what sort of communication is going on between the two.

Try peer-to-peer anyways, I have my cards setup in config.opts

module "wavelan2_cs" opts "port_type=3 station_name=bridge1"

bridge2 for the second one, mind you the second is on linux also.... but I am able to get my 2k box to join in for a chat. :-) just wish I could get bridging working.