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I have no idea why my wireless card is not working. Ive got an orinoco classic gold. I have had, so far today, 4 different operating systems on my laptop. The card works under windows. The card sort of works under the knoppix-std liveCD. The card almost works under slackware. The card does not work under fedora core 3. So far I have come the closest to getting it to work on Knoppix-STD. Here is what I have done to attempt to get it to work:
On Knoppix-STD:
1. Knoppix automatically configures the card, and loads the drivers.
2. I use iwconfig to set my essid and wep key.
3. I use "ifconfig eth0 up" to start my card. Its LED turns on.
4. I attempt to use the internet, but nothing happens. I am currently using DHCP on my wireless router. It works fine under windows.
At this point, I can run kismet and it detects my wireless network. However, if I associate with my AP, it will not allow me to get online. Are there ANY other commands at all that I need in order to use the internet?
After you run ifconfig eth0 up run just ifconfig by itself and post the output here. It sounds like you are getting connected to your AP, but I am wondering if you are getting an IP, DNS addresss, and all the goodies from dhcp.
After you run ifconfig eth0 up run just ifconfig by itself and post the output here. It sounds like you are getting connected to your AP, but I am wondering if you are getting an IP, DNS addresss, and all the goodies from dhcp.
I already did, and Im not getting assigned an IP. iwconfig tells me the mac address of my router, my essid, and my wep key, but ifconfig does not give me an IP address. This is my problem, but Im not sure how to get one. My router is set up for DHCP, and so is my card.
I have never heard of that problem with dhcp before. ou may want to check your system log to see if any useful errors are coming out. I would also try to assign a static address to see if you are able to talk to your ap. I am not in front of a linux box but it should look something like:
ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
then add your router as the default gw
route add default gw 192.168.1.1
and then try to ping your router
ping 192.168.1.1
I am assuing your router uses 192.168.1.x and your router has an address of 192.168.1.1, so you may ned to change some things.
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