[driverloader] WMP11 v2.7

[austin wood]

Just an update... I finally got this to work.
Before setting up the wireless device with iwconfig, if I run

ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0

then everything seems to work.

Thanks,
-austin

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Linuxant support wrote:

> Hi,
>
> did you verify if it works without WEP?
>
> in general, WEP problems can be fixed by one or a combination of these...
>
> 1) Use the latest release of DriverLoader.
>
> 2) Make sure the AP uses the same WEP settings as the adapter. Sometimes it
> is necessary to force "open" or "restricted" mode on both the AP and the
> adapter.
>
> 3) Upgrade the NDIS driver. You might even need to use a Windows XP driver
> from another vendor if it is newer and modify the INF file to add your
> adapter's PCI ID (e.g. Belkin usually supplies the latest driver for
> Broadcom based cards).
>
> 4) Upgrade wireless-tools.
>
> 5) Upgrade the AP's firmware.
>
> If all of the above is unsuccessful, please run "dldrconfig --dumpdiag" from
> a root shell and send us the file generated in '/tmp' at
> support at linuxant.com.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jean-Simon Durand
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "austin wood" <awood2 at uiuc.edu>
> To: <driverloader at lists.linuxant.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 4:46 PM
> Subject: [driverloader] WMP11 v2.7
>
>
> Hello, I'm trying to get the WMP v2.7 with WEP to work on Slackware 9.1
> with kernel 2.6.0. I'm using the Belkin drivers.
>
> If I execute "iwlist scan" I can see that the SSID is being broadcasted
> from my access point.
>
> Then I setup the wireless parameters using iwconfig..
>
> iwconfig eth1 essid "mynet" key 7D9B-E4E1-18
>
> I'm not entirely sure, but I thought that's all I need for wireless.  Then
> I should be able to do something like:
>
> dhcpcd -d eth1
>
> However, that reports the MAC address of my wireless card, then hangs a
> few seconds before returning to the prompt.  I tried setting the security
> mode to both open and restricted, but it did not seem to make a
> difference. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> -austin wood
>
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