After I get the ipw2200 up...

[Justin Conover]

On 1/17/06, Alexander Sukhodolsky <umdsasha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> WEP is set up correctly, from what I understand--(it works in
> windoze)...does that even mean anything :)?
>
> Alex
>

Well, if you can connect without a key and use the "internet" I'd say your
wep isn't turned on and would guess windows isn't using it either.



On 1/17/06, Justin Conover < justin.conover at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 1/17/06, Alexander Sukhodolsky <umdsasha at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Looks like a little troubleshooting has determined there's nothing
> > > wrong with the setup--I disabled the key and it works!  But the last thing I
> > > want is an unsecured wireless connection.  Basically, I have a WEP 64-bit
> > > hex key for my wireless net. Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > PS Thanks for the help
> >
> >
> >
> > Is your wireless router have the WEP setup correctly and turned on?
> >
> >
> > On 1/17/06, Alexander Sukhodolsky <umdsasha at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > not really sure--but my eth0 (wired ethernet) is disconnected
> > > > anyway.  I tried to down eth0 and eth1 and the up eth1, but with no luck.
> > > >
> > > > Alex
> > > >
> > > > On 1/17/06, Justin Conover <justin.conover at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 1/17/06, Alexander Sukhodolsky < umdsasha at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I wish I could tell you it worked, but even though I followed
> > > > > > what you said and created wireless.sh and so on, still
> > > > > > nothing--it runs and shows up in iwconfig as connected to that, but still
> > > > > > can't ping.  Also, just for info, Network Configuration gets stuck on trying
> > > > > > to get IP and then says it's unable to connect--any ideas?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Alex
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Does ifconfig eth1 get an ip?  Does eth0 still have an ip too?  If
> > > > > both of those are true, you might disable eth0
> > > > >
> > > > > /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down
> > > > >
> > > > > On 1/17/06, Justin Conover < justin.conover at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
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> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 1/17/06, Justin Conover < justin.conover at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 1/17/06, Alexander Sukhodolsky < umdsasha at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > So I followed Justin Conover's ipw2200 how-to (very easy)
> > > > > > > > > and got my
> > > > > > > > > wireless adapter to be recognized under the new fc5 test2
> > > > > > > > > (i used the
> > > > > > > > > newest firmware, though).  But now I'm having problems
> > > > > > > > > actually
> > > > > > > > > connecting.  Basically, I went with what I
> > > > > > > > > know--kwifimanager and also
> > > > > > > > > system-config-network.  The system-config-network shows my
> > > > > > > > > wireless card
> > > > > > > > > and I try to set up a connection but nothing.  Now with
> > > > > > > > > kwifimanager, it
> > > > > > > > > shows all the ssid's of networks around and I set up in
> > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > configuration my network, and its corresponding password,
> > > > > > > > > and it does
> > > > > > > > > connect, but firefox shows nothing.  Any ideas?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Also--I tried networkmanager, including running the
> > > > > > > > > services
> > > > > > > > > (serviceconf) and running it, but to no avail--/usr/bin
> > > > > > > > > doesnt seem to
> > > > > > > > > have NetworkManagerInfo or something.  Any ideas?  Anyone
> > > > > > > > > else have
> > > > > > > > > these problems in the new fc5 test2?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > Alex
> > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > If you see the device from /sbin/iwconfig
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > /sbin/iwconfig
> > > > > > > > lo        no wireless extensions.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any
> > > > > > > >           Mode:Managed  Channel=0  Access Point:
> > > > > > > > 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > > > > > > >           Bit Rate=0 kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
> > > > > > > >           Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr: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
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > For example I just have a little script in my users $HOME
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > $ cat wireless.sh
> > > > > > > > #!/bin/bash
> > > > > > > > /bin/su -c "/sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid YOURACCESSPOINT key
> > > > > > > > YOURKEY && /sbin/dhclient eth1 && /sbin/ifconfig eth1"
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > just chmod +x and sh wireless.sh as your user and should be
> > > > > > > > up.
> > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > Just realized I should test out NetworkManager when I get home
> > > > > > > tonight :)
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