[driverloader] Problems configuring WEP with Driverloader 2.24, MDK 10.1, Inspiron 8100, DWL 650

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

it seems that you are connected to the other wireless node since you 
have the 'Cell: 02:E0:5B:D1:4C:D0' information in the output of the 
'iwconfig' command. It is quite possible that the problem is related to 
IP configuration, for example, set the IP address for the wireless 
interface, the DNS server, the routing table, firewall, etc...

Please try to connect to an access point since it is easier to setup and 
to make sure that DriverLoader is working fine. When it will be working 
fine with an access point, you could try again to setup a connection in 
Ad-Hoc mode.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com


Vadim wrote:
> Jonathan, thank you for your reply. Below is the output of iwconfig eth2:
> 
> root at localhost host]# iwconfig eth2
> eth2      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"default"  Nickname:"localhost"
>           Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.437GHz  Cell: 02:E0:5B:D1:4C:D0
>           Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
>           RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:XXXX-XXXX-XX   Security mode:open
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:8/94  Signal level:-67 dBm  Noise level:-154 dB  m
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> At this point, both lights on the card are on, but I am still not able to connect to the Internet. I feel  I am really close, but yet I have been battling this issue for several weeks now. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
> 
> Vadim
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com>
> To: Vadim <gopackers at ukr.net>
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:02:50 -0500
> Subject: Re: [driverloader] Problems configuring WEP with Driverloader 2.24,MDK 10.1, Inspiron 8100, DWL 650
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>a KEY without the s: prefix is a HEX key so if you want to use a ASCII 
>>WEP key, you will need to use the s: prefix. For example:
>>
>>---
>>KEY=s:XXXXXXX
>>---
>>
>>It is also possible that you have to explicitly set the security mode or 
>>else it will not work depending on the Windows XP driver used and the 
>>access point. For example, you could try with the following keys:
>>
>>---
>>KEY="s:XXXXXXX open"
>>KEY="s:XXXXXXX restricted"
>>---
>>
>>There is more information on this subject in the 'iwconfig' manual page.
>>
>>Please let us know if you require more assistance.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>
>>Jonathan
>>Technical specialist / Linuxant
>>www.linuxant.com
>>support at linuxant.com
>>
>>
>>Vadim wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I have dual-boot Inspiron 8100, Mandrake 10.1/Win XP, DWL 650 M1 wireless, Driverloader 2.24.
>>>
>>>I was very pleased finally to be able to use my wireless card under Linux, Driverloader was a breeze to install and configure. However, I have not been able to successfully configure WEP option (which works seamlessly under Windows XP). The free trial will be expiring very soon and I would like to purchase a license, but I am reluctant to do so without being able to fully unilize the option of WEP protection. I tried adding 
>>>
>>>KEY=XXXXXXXXXX
>>>
>>>in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2, the card is up and running, but does not connect to the router. Any ideas what else I could try? Thank you,
>>>
>>>Vadim 
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>>
>>
>