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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">I'm having a problem connecting to my access point, and I'm so close I can taste it but I think I'm just missing something simple. I can't figure it out! Anyway, I'm running Slackware 10.0 (kernel 2.4.26) with driverloader 2.08, my card has the rtl8180 chipset. I installed 2.08 from source and configured my interface (wlan0), installed the winxp drivers and temp license key. Everything looks great.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">My access point ip address is 192.168.10.1</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">My access point does not use DHCP, so I am assigning a static address to the wlan0 interface.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">I am not running WEP or WPA, nor am I restricting MAC addresses or applying any filters.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">I've created the following script to set up the interface:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">-------------snip---------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">#!/bin/sh</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">#</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">iwconfig wlan0 channel 3</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">Iwconfig wlan0 essid guinness</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">#</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">ifconfig wlan0 192.168.10.3</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">ifconfig wlan0 up</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">#</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">route add 192.168.10.1 wlan0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">route add default gw 192.168.10.1</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">#</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">------------------snip--------------</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">Here is the results of ifconfig, route, and a test ping:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">root@valkyrie:/home/jay# ifconfig</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">lo Link encap:Local Loopback</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> RX packets:499 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> TX packets:499 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> RX bytes:497828 (486.1 Kb) TX bytes:497828 (486.1 Kb)</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:FC:CF:FF:0A</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> inet addr:192.168.10.3 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New"> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">root@valkyrie:/home/jay# route</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">Kernel IP routing table</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">192.168.10.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 wlan0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">192.168.10.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">default 192.168.10.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">root@valkyrie:/home/jay# ping 192.168.10.1</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">PING 192.168.10.1 (192.168.10.1) 56(84) bytes of data.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">From 192.168.10.3 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">From 192.168.10.3 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">From 192.168.10.3 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">--- 192.168.10.1 ping statistics ---</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">6 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 5037ms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">, pipe 3</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">root@valkyrie:/home/jay#</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">------------snip-------------</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">I'm not yet attempting to resolve any hostnames, just attempting to ping the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">AP. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">Also, when I run iwconfig, I do see the AP and its associated information.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">Any help as to what I could be missing?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">Thanks!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Courier New">Jay</FONT>
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