Etch netinstall and linksys wpc11 v3?

xucaen · 10-19-2006, 10:43 AM

Hi, lastnight I replaced a hard drive in my old Thinkpad 770z. I booted up a netinstall CD for testing 'Etch' that I burned last week.
The install went smoothly (except it couldn't find grub, so I installed lilo)
The netinstall found my wireless lan card, a Linksys wpc11 v3. and it used it to access my internet and it successfully downloaded all the files it needed from ftp.debian.org. So, I know the card works with this version of 'Etch'.

However, upon rebooting my laptop and logging in, I find that the card isn't working.

What happened? How did the install program use my card and then not set the configuration properly for the reboot?

BTW, Before my hard drive went, I had installed debian stable (Sarge I think) from the stable netinstall CD and it worked all around. So I'm not sure what's different with Etch as far as the wireless goes.

Does anyone out there have Etch running on a laptop with a linksys wpc11 v3 card?

Thanks!

Jim

EDIT: I just found a similar post: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi....php?p=2469521

xucaen · 10-20-2006, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xucaen

Does anyone out there have Etch running on a laptop with a linksys wpc11 v3 card?

Thanks!

Jim

EDIT: I just found a similar post: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi....php?p=2469521

I figured it out.

I did some google searches, and found the name of the driver for my card: orinoco_cs. So at first I thought maybe the driver didn't get installed. But apt-get showed it was already installed.

So, at that point I had to assume that the problem was someplace else. The only other place to look was /etc/network/interfaces.

It turns out that Etch didn't write out the /etc/network/interfaces file correctly. Oh, it had a section for my eth0, all filled in with my key and essid, but it left out one line:

auto eth0

Once I added this line the card started working.

Jim

kilogramo · 01-07-2007, 07:07 PM

i couldnt fix it with auto eth0

xucaen · 01-07-2007, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kilogramo

i couldnt fix it with auto eth0

Can you post your /etc/network/interfaces?

kilogramo · 01-07-2007, 07:54 PM

auto eth0

allow-hotplug eth0

iface eth0 inet dhcp

wireless-essid linksys

wireless-mode managed

xucaen · 01-07-2007, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kilogramo

auto eth0

allow-hotplug eth0

iface eth0 inet dhcp

wireless-essid linksys

wireless-mode managed

Here's what I have:

Code:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
        # wireless-* options are implemented by the wireless-tools package
        wireless-mode managed
        wireless-essid linksys
        wireless-key1 c28094ed7b1234567890
        wireless-key c28094ed7b1234567890

auto eth0

kilogramo · 01-08-2007, 05:26 AM

yes i have the same /etc/network/interfaces but it doesnt works, it should work because during netinstall it went all right. Any other idea?

xucaen · 01-08-2007, 05:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kilogramo

yes i have the same /etc/network/interfaces but it doesnt works, it should work because during netinstall it went all right. Any other idea?

Sorry, in my case, editing that file was all I needed. You could use modconf to make sure the correct drivers are being loaded for your network card.

Jim

poonippi · 12-15-2007, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xucaen

Hi, lastnight I replaced a hard drive in my old Thinkpad 770z. I booted up a netinstall CD for testing 'Etch' that I burned last week.
The install went smoothly (except it couldn't find grub, so I installed lilo)
The netinstall found my wireless lan card, a Linksys wpc11 v3. and it used it to access my internet and it successfully downloaded all the files it needed from ftp.debian.org. So, I know the card works with this version of 'Etch'.

However, upon rebooting my laptop and logging in, I find that the card isn't working.

What happened? How did the install program use my card and then not set the configuration properly for the reboot?

BTW, Before my hard drive went, I had installed debian stable (Sarge I think) from the stable netinstall CD and it worked all around. So I'm not sure what's different with Etch as far as the wireless goes.

Does anyone out there have Etch running on a laptop with a linksys wpc11 v3 card?

Thanks!

Jim

I have an IBM 770Z with a WPC11 WLAN PCMCIA card. I used the etch netinst CD but DCHP fails?? How was your route configured, WEP/WPA?

poonippi · 12-15-2007, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poonippi

I have an IBM 770Z with a WPC11 WLAN PCMCIA card. I used the etch netinst CD but DCHP fails?? How was your route configured, WEP/WPA?

After playing on the router I got 128-bit WEP encryption :-D Lovely jubbly