[driverloader] problems configuring wireless

[Linuxant support]

Hi,

are you using the latest version of DriverLoader (currently 1.44)?

To configure the encryption key, use the following command.

iwconfig eth0 key $key

(replace $key by the correct encryption key)

You might need to add "open" or "restricted" at the end, after the key (with
a space).

Please run "man iwconfig" for more details on the syntax.

If you still can't get it to work, try to reset your AP to it's default
configuration and see if it works before adding the WEP settings.

Regards,

Jean-Simon Durand
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Helder Rossa" <rossa at netcabo.pt>
To: <driverloader at lists.linuxant.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:41 PM
Subject: [driverloader] problems configuring wireless


hi,

i've configured the driveloader and it worked fine without no security.
But with WEP i couldn't put it to work. and now i cant put it to work
with or without WEP :-( .

what command line commands do I have to do?

i did:
# iwconfig eth0 essid XXXXXXXXX
# iwconfig eth0
eth0      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"XXXXXXXXX"  Nickname:"unknown"
          Mode:Managed  Bit Rate=11Mb/s
          RTS thr=1600 B   Fragment thr=0 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:1  Signal level:0  Noise level:56
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

# dhcpd eth0 (hangs here)

what do I did wrong??

# dldrconfig -i
Wireless interface name: eth0
        ...
        Device driver  : w70n51
        Description    : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 7100 LAN Card Driver
        Adapter model  : PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
        ...
        License status : OK (Expires 2003-12-13)



I'm using Gentoo Linux



Helder Rossa