Airport Config

ssr · n00b Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 7 Location: Connecticut

The basic Gentoo install on my iBook 700 was no problem at all. The only issue I've had is with configuring airport.

I understand that airport support requires a bit of tweaking. I pulled down the wireless tools first. The kernel I was using at that time was 2.4.21-r(2?). The modules were installed, and iwconfig lists eth1 as my airport card. My problem is I can't change the channel on the airport card to match my access point's channel. iwconfig eth1 channel 9, unfortunately, yields a your card doesn't support his op kind of error.

So I tried using the latest benh kernel... Same deal... As a last ditch effort I pulled down the 0.13b version of the orinoco driver... Compiled the module... Same thing.

Since everyone else seems to have it running, I guess its the human factor (me) in this equation that's causing things not to work. Any pointers would be appreciated.

-TIA

zojas · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 9:24 pm Post subject:

you should be able to set it to auto. it should just work without having to fiddle with iwconfig. what kind of access point do you have?

I also have a 700 ibook, and I've had no problems with mine
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ssr · n00b Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 7 Location: Connecticut

Linksys access point... Stupid question... How do I set it to auto? Last time I used wi-fi on *NIX was on FreeBSD on x86 where I had t manually set it.

zojas · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 11:17 pm Post subject:

auto is the default. you can try 'iwconfig eth1 mode auto', or try shutting down, letting it sit for a few seconds, then turn it back on. or even reboot to OS X, get the airport to work, then boot back to linux. I've used all three methods to get the airport back to normal when I've fiddled with it.
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jbc42 · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2003 Posts: 28

The orinoco driver doesn't support the "channel" directive. If you're feeling adventurous you could try setting it by frequency :-)

Otherwise it should work with iwconfig eth1 essid <your ssid here>
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BlueShift · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:46 pm Post subject:

Hi,

On my setup I use these commands: