Intel Pro 2200BG wireless + WPA-SPK issue?

Jim lawrence.jim at gmail.com
Thu Dec 30 20:23:57 UTC 2004


i rebooted a few minutes ago, and it said it couldn't find the firmware



On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:11:01 -0400, Patrick Boutilier
<boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca> wrote:
> Jim wrote:
> > i would like to use wep
> > not broadcaAST (security purposes)
> >
> 
> Then you need to use some iwconfig commands to configure the card.
> 
> iwconfig --help
> 
> For example:
> 
> iwconfig eth1 essid essid-of-your-wireless-router
> iwconfig eth1 enc restricted Your-WEP-key
> 
> When you get a connection this can all be automated.
> 
> 
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:11:23 -0400, Patrick Boutilier
> > <boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca> wrote:
> >
> >>Jim wrote:
> >>
> >>>[root at Home ~]# iwconfig eth1
> >>>eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any
> >>>          Mode:Managed  Channel=0  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
> >>>          Bit Rate=0kb/s   Tx-Power=off
> >>>          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >>>          Encryption key:off
> >>>          Power Management:off
> >>>          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
> >>>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
> >>>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> >>>
> >>>[root at Home ~]#
> >>>
> >>
> >>How is your wireless router setup?
> >>
> >>1. Is ESSID hidden or public?
> >>
> >>2. Do you need a WEP key to connect?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:35:44 -0400, Patrick Boutilier
> >>><boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>><snip>
> >>
> >><snip>
> >>
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