[linux-help] Re: Getting wireless card working under RH9

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a thought....

for the first error

It appears the card is not syncing with the access point and is unable 
to make the connection.
Possibly your card as a result of the hotplug issue, or possibly the 
protocol and maybe a mismatch between the card and the access point.

for the second entry (at home)

It appears that you are trying to connect with DHCP and not getting an 
offer from the DHCP server.
Is the DHCP server running on the access point?

Jeff

Clint A Brubakken wrote:

>I picked up a pcmicia belkin f5d6020 ver 1, a prism 2 wireless card. 
>I d/l the rpm for wlan :
>kernel-wlan-ng-pcmcia-0.2.0-7
>kernel-wlan-ng-modules-rh9.18-0.2.0-7
>kernel-wlan-ng-0.2.0-7
>
>and have configured the /etc/wlan/wlan.conf, wlancfg-SSID 
>when I put the card in (and restart pcmcia, as there is some problem
>with the hot plug). I get a blinking light on the card, and I see 
>
>the errors: 
>
>Jul 14 17:13:23 dhcp-164 kernel: linkstatus=ASSOCFAIL (unhandled)
>Jul 14 17:13:27 dhcp-164 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
>255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
>Jul 14 17:13:27 dhcp-164 kernel: p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit: Tx
>attempt prior to association, frame dropped.
>
>I take this to mean I'm not getting associated with the access point,
>but the wep key and ssid is correct. 
>
>I tried with my wireless at home, with this the wlancfg-cheezland
>configuration, the only difference being using a password, 128 bit wep
>generated and AuthType="opensystem".
>
>the light on the card was study, and in the logs I saw 
>
>Jul 14 23:46:05 localhost kernel: linkstatus=CONNECTED
>Jul 14 23:46:09 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
>255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
>Jul 14 23:47:10 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
>
>so it looks like it was connected but it didn't like how I was asking
>for an ip, but I can get an ip wired from the same accesspoint under
>linux. 
>
>After I had been messing with this my friend showed my the wireless
>configiration tool under redhat 9 that work out of the box with the 
>orinoco driver for him  with my card, but as I installed the other it
>didn't work on mine. 
>
>So what might be going wrong, there isn't a lot of documentation on the
>wlan site, on what various options are for, I thought I need the
>shared-key authtype, but I'm not sure. 
>
>Or should I uninstall all the wlan stuff and use the default rh9
>configuration?
>
>
>
>
>
>-- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis --
>-- Type: text/x-sh
>-- File: wlan.conf
>
>
>-- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis --
>-- File: wlancfg-linksys
>
>#=======USER MIB SETTINGS=============================
># You can add the assignments for various MIB items
>#  of your choosing to this variable, separated by 
>#  whitespace.  The wlan-ng script will then set each one.
># Just uncomment the variable and set the assignments 
>#  the way you want them.
>
>#USER_MIBS="p2CnfRoamingMode=1 p2CnfShortPreamble=mixed"
>
>#=======WEP===========================================
># [Dis/En]able WEP.  Settings only matter if PrivacyInvoked is true
>lnxreq_hostWEPEncrypt=true     # true|false
>lnxreq_hostWEPDecrypt=true     # true|false
>dot11PrivacyInvoked=false      # true|false
>dot11WEPDefaultKeyID=0
>dot11ExcludeUnencrypted=true   # true|false, in AP this means WEP is required.
>
># If PRIV_GENSTR is not empty, use PRIV_GENTSTR to generate 
>#  keys (just a convenience)
>#PRIV_GENERATOR=/sbin/nwepgen  # nwepgen, Neesus compatible
>#PRIV_KEY128=false             # keylength to generate
>#PRIV_GENSTR=""
>
># or set them explicitly.  Set genstr or keys, not both.
>dot11WEPDefaultKey0=a1:b2:c3:d4:f5     # format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx   or
>dot11WEPDefaultKey1=           #         xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>dot11WEPDefaultKey2=           #  e.g.   01:20:03:40:05   or
>dot11WEPDefaultKey3=           #         01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08:09:0a:0b:0c:0d
>#=======SELECT STATION MODE===================
>IS_ADHOC=n                     # y|n, y - adhoc, n - infrastructure
>
>#======= INFRASTRUCTURE STATION  ===================
># What kind of authentication?
>AuthType="sharedkey"           # opensystem | sharedkey (requires WEP)
>
>#======= ADHOC STATION ============================
>#BCNINT=100                    # Beacon interval (in Kus)
>#CHANNEL=6                     # DS channel for BSS (1-14, depends 
>                               #   on regulatory domain)
>#BASICRATES="2 4"              # Rates for mgmt&ctl frames (in 500Kb/s)
>#OPRATES="2 4 11 22"           # Supported rates in BSS (in 500Kb/s)
>
>
>
>-- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis --
>-- File: wlancfg-cheezland
>
>#=======USER MIB SETTINGS=============================
># You can add the assignments for various MIB items
>#  of your choosing to this variable, separated by 
>#  whitespace.  The wlan-ng script will then set each one.
># Just uncomment the variable and set the assignments 
>#  the way you want them.
>
>#USER_MIBS="p2CnfRoamingMode=1 p2CnfShortPreamble=mixed"
>
>#=======WEP===========================================
># [Dis/En]able WEP.  Settings only matter if PrivacyInvoked is true
>lnxreq_hostWEPEncrypt=false     # true|false
>lnxreq_hostWEPDecrypt=false     # true|false
>dot11PrivacyInvoked=false      # true|false
>dot11WEPDefaultKeyID=0         # 0|1|2|3
>dot11ExcludeUnencrypted=true   # true|false, in AP this means WEP is required.
>
># If PRIV_GENSTR is not empty, use PRIV_GENTSTR to generate 
>#  keys (just a convenience)
>PRIV_GENERATOR=/sbin/nwepgen   # nwepgen, Neesus compatible
>PRIV_KEY128=true               # keylength to generate
>PRIV_GENSTR="passkey"
>
># or set them explicitly.  Set genstr or keys, not both.
>dot11WEPDefaultKey0=           # format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx   or
>dot11WEPDefaultKey1=           #         xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>dot11WEPDefaultKey2=           #  e.g.   01:20:03:40:05   or
>dot11WEPDefaultKey3=           #         01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08:09:0a:0b:0c:0d
>#=======SELECT STATION MODE===================
>IS_ADHOC=n                     # y|n, y - adhoc, n - infrastructure
>
>#======= INFRASTRUCTURE STATION  ===================
># What kind of authentication?
>AuthType="opensystem"          # opensystem | sharedkey (requires WEP)
>
>#======= ADHOC STATION ============================
>BCNINT=100                     # Beacon interval (in Kus)
>CHANNEL=6                      # DS channel for BSS (1-14, depends 
>                               #   on regulatory domain)
>BASICRATES="2 4"               # Rates for mgmt&ctl frames (in 500Kb/s)
>OPRATES="2 4 11 22"            # Supported rates in BSS (in 500Kb/s)
>
>
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