[TriLUG] Linksys WPC11 (wireless PC Card)

[Robert Baker]

Jeremy,

I got the card(s) to work!  I also installed an SMC card and when RH8 was
booting I got the same 2 errors--oh well. Next I went in and changed some of
the wireless settings and...it worked. I stopped the pcmcia and network
services, put in the Linksys card, started both services and this card also
worked.  RH8 sees both as a Lucent card, but they both work none the less.

Thanks again for all your help--now I can roam around work and my house.


>>> Rob Baker <<<
Webcentric Applications Developer

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Portzer [mailto:jeremyp at pobox.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 3:27 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Linksys WPC11 (wireless PC Card)


On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 15:21, Robert Baker wrote:
> Jeremy,
> 
> I'm using DHCP.  Should I hard code the IP info into the card just to 
> test?

Depends on what you're testing.  Remember, IP addresses have to do with
"layer 3" connectivity (network layer of the OSI model).   We first have
to worry about layer 1 (physical), which includes the information output by
"iwconfig".  Without a "physical" connection to the access point, it really
makes no difference what network configuration the card has.
 
> What about the errors I get when booting and in the log file 
> (unrecognized card)?

Like I said, *some* driver is working, since you were getting the output
from "iwconfig".  So you should at least test it first before assuming it's
not working!

--Jeremy

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