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Aqualord
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 Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject: [SOLVED]wifi problem |
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Hello,
I have a pcmcia wireless card from Level one (wpc-0301) but i can't get it working...
It is based on the following chipset;
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lspci;
0000:07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Marvell W8300 802.11 Adapter (rev 07)
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So I emerged ndiswrapper and searched for a driver on the ndiswrapper page and found 2 drivers. I tried them both, but it doesn't work.
If i do the following;
| Code: | | iwconfig wlan0 essid MyEssid key s:Mykey |
I get the following if i do iwconfig;
| Code: | wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
RTS thr:2346 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:MyKey(this key is correct) Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-54 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:5 Missed beacon:0
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so it doesn't recognize the acces point and it doesn't set my ESSID.
I don know what is wrong, can somebody help me out?
Thanks a lot!
Last edited by Aqualord on Tue May 03, 2005 8:24 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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noup
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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first, i think that when you use s:"key", it's not really the key, it's a passphrase and it's currently not supported. from the man:
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You can also enter the key as an ASCII string by using the s: prefix. Passphrase is currently not supported.
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second, you shouldn't be using restricted mode with WEP, use Open instead. it doesn't sound obvious, but it is more secure (even though "secure" and "WEP" don't really relate).
third, are you using dhcp to obtain your ip? where are you doing it?
so IIRC your command should become:
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#iwconfig wlan0 down
#iwconfig wlan0 essid YOURESSID key YOURWEPKEYINHEX restricted
#iwconfig wlan0 up
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if you change your mode to "open", just change "restricted" to "open".
also, if you're having too many troubles, disable wep in the router, so you can have a simpler testing. then, when it works, you can enable encryption (when you already know it's working without it).
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Aqualord
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 5:27 am Post subject: |
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ok, that worked!
Tnx a lot and greets! |
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noup
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 8:37 am Post subject: |
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you're welcome. 
since this is a specific issue of yours, don't forget to add [solved] to the thread's title.
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Aqualord
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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sorry it took so long, but i was gone all day!
Tnx for the solution to my problem! |
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