[driverloader] WPC54G Can't connect to WRT54G

[Matt Rodkey]

Thanks for the ideas, I will try them out this evening and post back.

Matt
--- "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> please make sure that your wireless card is correctly configured.
> Please 
> modify or create the file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1'
> to put 
> the correct settings in this file. Here is a sample of this file for
> Fedora 
> Core :
> 
> ---
> DEVICE=eth1
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Wireless
> MODE=Managed
> ESSID=name
> ---
> 
> After changing this file, you should restart the wireless interface
> with the 
> following commands :
> 
> ---
> ifdown eth1
> ifup eth1
> ---
> 
> Since you probably have 2 or more network interfaces in your
> computer, you 
> will need to manually change the routing table. If you want to use
> your 
> wireless interface to connect to the internet, you will need to
> change your 
> default routing line to 'dev eth1' and set correctly your default
> gateway.
> 
> If you require more assisance, send us the output of 'dumpdiag'
> please? Type 
> the following in a root shell:
> 
> # dldrconfig --dumpdiag
> 
> Just send us at support at linuxant.com the generated file located in
> /tmp 
> ('driverloaderdiag.txt'). It'll help us solve the problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
> 
> 
> On Thursday 19 February 2004 14:48, Matt Rodkey wrote:
> >   I have a WPC54G Card that I use on my laptop running Fedora Core
> 1
> > (kernel 2.4.22-1.2166.nptl).  I am able to connect to Access Points
> > both at work and at cyber cafes (None of these have WEP enabled)
> using
> > redhat_config_network.
> >
> >   I recently purchased a WRT54G for use at home and have set it up
> with
> > basically the default settings. I changed the default ESSID and
> that is
> > about it.
> >
> > I cannot seem to get my laptop to connect to the AP though (At this
> > point I have disabled WEP to just try to get the simple case
> working).
> >
> > Here are some relevant facts:
> >
> > - My AP shows up when running iwlist scan eth1
> >
> > - If I try to activate the interface from redhat_config network I
> get
> > back a message saying it could not ping 192.168.0.1 (which is wierd
> > since my AP is using 192.168.1.x for internal IPs)
> >
> > - If try to use dhclient directly to contact the DHCP server (after
> > making sure the ESSID is correct for eth1) I get back no offers.
> >
> > Any ideas what I need to do?  I am guessing there is something I
> need
> > to setup on my AP since the card and driver seem to be functioning
> > properly.
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Matt
> >
> >
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