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i installed the correct ndiswrapper and modprobed it,etc. it shows up in if config,and my wireless led lights up but theres no connection.im not sure what im doing wrong,maybe its not configured right?how do i find out what the eissd is?it seems to be working but its not activated??
can someone guide me in the right direction?
Rick
Or just edit the network configuration as normal and place your additional wireless settings in rc.wireless.conf
A word of caution: ndiswrapper can sometimes destabilize your system. Use it only as a last resort when you cannot find any native Linux drivers for your wireless chipset.
thanks for the info.i tried configuring the network settings,but my configuration failed.the light for the wireless comes on but the card is not broadcasting,im not entirely clear on the settings or how to obtain the information for eesid,channel,etc,i followed the directions of several posts to no avail.maybe i should try madwifi,would that work with the ndis installed?
Rick
Madwifi is for an Atheros chipset based card. If your card has Atheros chip, ndiswrapper doesn't seem to work very well. I found that out recently myself. As the kernel wasn't even seeing the card at all I had to use the madwifi-hal package which worked like a charm.
root@slack1:/home/rick# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
root@slack1:/home/rick#
# Default gateway IP address:
GATEWAY=""
# 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"
## Example config information for wlan0. Uncomment the lines you need and fill
## in your info. (You may not need all of these for your wireless network)
IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
IPADDR[4]="192.168.3.12"
NETMASK[4]="255.255.255.0"
USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
#DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]="slackwireless"
DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"
#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""
WLAN_ESSID[4]=(extended network name) : My Network, any
ESSID=""
WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed
WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"
WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="any"
WLAN_KEY[4]=883e-aa67-21
#WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set
WPAPSK=96389dc66eaf7e6efd5b5523ae43c7925ff4df2f8b7099495192d44a774fda16"
WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"
WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="ndiswrapper"
## Some examples of additional network parameters that you can use.
## Config information for wlan0:
IFNAME[4]="wlan0" # Use a different interface name nstead of
# the default 'eth4'
#HWADDR[4]="00:01:23:45:67:89" # Overrule the card's hardware MAC
address
MTU[4]="1500" # The default MTU is 1500, but you
might need
# 1360 when you use NAT'ed IPSec traffic.
DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes" # If you dont want /etc/resolv.conf overwritten
DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes" # If you don't want ntp.conf overwritten
#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes" # If you don't want the DHCP server to
change
# your default gateway
#DHCP_IPADDR[4]="" # Request a specific IP address from the DHCP
# server
WLAN_ESSID[4]=default_m # Here, you can override _any_ parameter
# defined in rc.wireless.conf, by prepending
# 'WLAN_' to the parameter's name. Useful for
# those with multiple wireless interfaces.
WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set
WPAPSK=thekey"
# Some drivers require a private ioctl to be
# set through the iwpriv command. If more than
# one is required, you can place them in the
# IWPRIV parameter (separated with the pipe (|)
# character, see the example).
Do you want a static IP or to use dhcp? You have shown a static IP for [4] and also select a dhcp. Comment out the 'USE_DHCP[4]="yes"' with a #. Then provide the 'GATEWAY= "192.168.3.1"' if that is your gateway else place the correct IP.
In the future please post the information within vbcode tags (# or quote), makes things cleaner therefore easier to read.
BTW, you don't need to post the keys for your security, we don't need those. I would suggest that you change yours now that they are public.
The 'WLAN_ESSID[4]=(extended network name) : My Network, any' is not correct, place your essid name here; WLAN_ESSID[4]= "slackwireless".
Make sure that your '/etc/resolv.conf' file is setup for your DNS.
After changing the '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf' file you can restart the inet with '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart'.
Check your 'ifconfig -a' and your kernel route table (route -n).
You should ping your gateway IP, then ping outside the LAN with a known IP (google IP = 64.233.167.99) then ping google.com. If success with the IP then you know your setup is OK. If you fail with the name then the DNS is not setup (/etc/resolv.conf).
onebuck,thank you for the help.sorry about my forum newness,i will pay attention in the future!im not sure what you mean by quotes though?
anyway thanx!!!!!
Rick
onebuck,thank you for the help.sorry about my forum newness,i will pay attention in the future!im not sure what you mean by quotes though?
anyway thanx!!!!!
Rick
You are Welcome!
Everyone starts somewhere. I just try to help when the newbie is not familiar with the syntax or semantics. We all have different writing styles.
The quote is at the top of the reply window, a frame bubble with simulated text in it. It is to the left of the '#'.
The use of the vbcode tags will make it easier to read the post and to present important information/data.
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