[TriLUG] wlan setup

[Geoff Purdy]

I'm trying to set up a wlan using a D-Link 713P wireless broadband router and 
a Lucent Orinoco (one of the earlier production ones actually labeled 
"WaveLAN Turbo 11 Mb Silver IEEE 802.11") on a RHL7.2 laptop.  I've seen 
others on the list using similar configurations and I'm hoping they can offer 
some tips.

The router is conected directly to a DSL modem and is working 
properly in its default configuration.  Using standard ethernet, my laptop 
gets an IP address via DHCP from the router and can surf w/o any additional 
configuration necessary.

Unfortunately, I've not had the same success setting up the wireless aspect.  
It is clear that all is not well between the access point and the PC card, 
however I haven't figured out much beyond that.  I've been mucking about in 
/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts but haven't changed anything as I am unsure where 
to start.  

My Question:
What's the minimum configuration that needs to be done to get the PC card 
talking to the WAP/router? 

I'd like to get the wlan working for the trivial case (no encryption, default 
values, etc.) and build from there.  (Yes, I'm aware of all the problems 
associated with an unencrypted connection and No, I don't plan to keep it 
that way once I've established that everything works properly.)

Below, I've included a snippet from /var/log/messages that shows what happens 
when the wlan card is inserted.

Thanks.

<excerpt from /var/log/messages follows>
Mar 27 19:14:18 localhost cardmgr[782]: initializing socket 0
Mar 27 19:14:18 localhost cardmgr[782]: socket 0: Lucent Technologies 
WaveLAN/IEEE Adapter
Mar 27 19:14:18 localhost cardmgr[782]: executing: 'modprobe wvlan_cs'
Mar 27 19:14:18 localhost kernel: wvlan_cs: WaveLAN/IEEE PCMCIA driver v1.0.6
Mar 27 19:14:18 localhost kernel: wvlan_cs: (c) Andreas Neuhaus 
<andy at fasta.fh-dortmund.de>
Mar 27 19:14:18 localhost kernel: wvlan_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 
0x0100-0x013f
Mar 27 19:14:18 localhost cardmgr[782]: executing: './network start eth0'
Mar 27 19:14:18 localhost kernel: wvlan_cs: Registered netdevice eth0
Mar 27 19:14:18 localhost kernel: wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth0 is 00 60 1d 
f2 d1 57
Mar 27 19:14:18 localhost kernel: wvlan_cs: Found firmware 0x40034 (vendor 1) 
- Firmware capabilities : 1-0-0-1-1
Mar 27 19:14:19 localhost kernel: wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth0 is 00 60 1d 
f2 d1 57
Mar 27 19:14:19 localhost kernel: wvlan_cs: Found firmware 0x40034 (vendor 1) 
- Firmware capabilities : 1-0-0-1-1
Mar 27 19:14:19 localhost kernel: wvlan_cs: Valid channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
10 11
Mar 27 19:16:19 localhost dhcpcd[1462]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP 
server response