I'm using fedora core 3 on an external HD. I used ndiswrapper to install the bcwm15.inf driver file. It won't connect to my wireless network. With an ESSID of 'SATAN'. There is no encryption key on the wireless network.


Network Configuration can probe the correct MAC address.
If IP + Subnet mask are entered in manually, then it is shown as active, but no internet. If set to DHCP, then "Determining IP information for wlan0...failed."

**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:2254 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2254 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2240322 (2.1 MiB) TX bytes:2240322 (2.1 MiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:96:C3:48:C0
inet6 addr: fe80::290:96ff:fec3:48c0/64 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:fafec000-fafedfff

**IWCONFIG**

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSIDff/any Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=54Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Power Managementff
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-10 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

**IWLIST SCANNING**

wlan0 No scan results

**IWLIST ACCESSPOINTS**

lo Interface doesn't have a list of Peers/Access-Points

eth0 Interface doesn't have a list of Peers/Access-Points

wlan0 Interface doesn't have a list of Peers/Access-Points

sit0 Interface doesn't have a list of Peers/Access-Points


**/usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -l**
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present

**/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0**

DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:90:96:c3:48:c0
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Wireless
MODE=Managed
ESSID=SATAN
CHANNEL=6
IPADDR=192.168.1.101
DOMAIN=
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
USERCTL=yes
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
IPV6INIT=yes
RATE=Auto
DHCP_HOSTNAME=


Windows confirmed the mac address with the command ipconfig /all



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : xps

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : wilkes.net



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-1B-E5-0C



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wilkes.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1350 WLAN Mini-PCI Card

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-96-C3-48-C0

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 65.162.110.194

65.162.110.195

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 16, 2005 10:40:27 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:40:27 PM



Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled



Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wilkes.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-65

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.101%2

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

any help is greatly appricated, as countless hours are getting this beginner no where.

The first thing I would try is "iwconfig wlan0 essid SATAN" and then do "iwconfig" to make sure it is associated with the AP. If so, "dhclient wlan0" should get an IP.

I used to live down in Hickory and I worked at Lowe's CSC-W, btw.

Thanks for the response, I'm not too far away, as I live in wilkesboro. I'll try these commands and see what goes down.

i ran the commands you suggested:

i ran "iwconfig wlan0 essid SATAN", and then iwconfig it gave:

lo no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device wlan0 recommend version 18 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 16, therefore some driver features
may not be available...

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSIDff/any Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=54Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-10 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.


dhclient wlan0 gave:

sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:90:96:c3:48:c0
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:90:96:c3:48:c0
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.


FYI, I'm not using WEP on my router, and I haven't set a value for the WEP key.

i don't know why, but it now can detect my wireless router, after entering in information such as IP and DNS servers (primary and secondary). when i ran iwconfig:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"SATAN" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point: 72:A2:E4:39:48:1B
Bit Rate=54Mb/s Tx-Power:14 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-57 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

now when i try to load www.google.com it loads forever, and nothing comes up. So its like I'm able to see the wireless network, but i cannot communicate with it.