[Prism54-users] Re: Prism54-users digest, Vol 1 #93 - 11 msgs

[jim feldman]

> From: Peter Leinen <peter@na.uni-tuebingen.de>
> To: prism54-users@prism54.org
> Subject: [Prism54-users] Problems with a 3COM 3CRWE154G72 
> 
> Dear all, 
> 
> I try to connect my notebook running under Fedore Core, 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl via 
> a Office Connect Wireless PC Card (3CWE154G72) to a wireless lan with no success.

> 
> Any help welcome.
>   Peter
>   
The reason the channel is changing is that you haven't linked to your AP yet 
and it's listening for any broadcasts.  I noticed from your iwconfig output 
that no MAC for the AP was listed, and you hadn't set the ESSID or key.  The 
key is optional and only needs to be set if you set encryption on the AP.  
The ESSID is manditory.  The "supported" kernel is 2.4.23, but I don't think 
thats the issue since you obviously got the modules built and loaded and got 
the device eth1. 

iwconfig eth1 essid "billybob" channel 11 commit 

assuming billybob is the essid that is on the AP. 

"iwlist eth1 scanning" will tell you if encryption is on, broadcast essid 
(if used), and the freq which can be translated to channel if needed.  It 
will also tell you if you can talk to the card. 

> > ifconfig shows:
> 	eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:54:9F:48:C6  
>         	  inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>         	  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>         	  RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>         	  TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>         	  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>         	  RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:168 (168.0 b)
>         	  Interrupt:11  
> 
> and iwconfig tells me:
> 	eth1      3COM 3CRWE154G72  Mode:Managed  Channel:11  
>         	  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00  Bit Rate:0kb/s   Sensitivity=20/200  
>         	  Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B   
>         	  Encryption key:off
>         	  Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>         	  Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>         	  Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> where the Channel change from time to time 
> 
> the list of modules related to this topic:
> 	Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> 	prism54                40524   1 
> 	firmware_class          6060   0  [prism54]
> 	ds                      8680   1 
> 	yenta_socket           13664   1 
> 	pcmcia_core            57216   0  [ds yenta_socket] 
>