Hi Thomas Many thanks for your time. I should have been more specific, I'm using a PCMCIA card, not a mini-PCI. I'll keep looking... Cheers, Alex --- Thomas Munck Steenholdt <tmus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'd be most grateful if someone could provide help > > with setting this up. I've tried everything and am > > about to give up... > > > > I have it all configured and what seems to fail is > the > > DHCP request: > > Dec 20 14:39:46 localhost kernel: Setting key 0 > > Dec 20 14:39:46 localhost kernel: airo: WEP_PERM > set > > 12106 > > Dec 20 14:39:46 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) > > 2000-2002 Netfilter core team > > Dec 20 14:39:46 localhost dhclient: wifi0: unknown > > hardware address type 801 > > Dec 20 14:39:47 localhost dhclient: wifi0: unknown > > hardware address type 801 > > Dec 20 14:39:49 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER > on > > eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 > > Dec 20 14:39:55 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER > on > > eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16 > > Dec 20 14:40:11 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER > on > > eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17 > > Dec 20 14:40:28 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER > on > > eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 > > Dec 20 14:40:38 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER > on > > eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 > > Dec 20 14:40:48 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER > on > > eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2 > > Dec 20 14:40:50 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS > > received. > > > > It works on eth0 (network card) and I do know the > WiFi > > card works fine under W2K. I have installed the > Cisco > > utilities, have used the network configuration > > utilities, even manually editing the files and > all's > > fine! Just that it doesn't work. > > > > The funny thing is the card seems to be up, and > even > > the interface seems to be up: > > [root@localhost root]# /sbin/ifconfig eth1 > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr > > 00:40:96:41:C4:D0 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 > > Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:1023 dropped:0 > > overruns:0 frame:1023 > > TX packets:12 errors:12 dropped:0 > overruns:0 > > carrier:12 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3960 (3.8 > Kb) > > Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100 > > > > But it's not. > > > > Any help? > > > > Looks to my like, maybe your WAP key or driver or > something isn't working > quite right! You have no packets sent without > failure and you havn't > recieved a single byte of data on the interface, > only a fair amount of > errors again! > > RX packets:0 errors:1023 dropped:0 overruns:0 > frame:1023 > ^ ^^^^ > > TX packets:12 errors:12 dropped:0 overruns:0 > carrier:12 > ^^ > There's a couple of things to do AFTER compiling and > installing the driver! > > 1. Make sure your firmware version i 5.00.01 or > 5.00.03 those versions are > the only one that will work with the linux driver... > I'm using the .01 and > never tried .03. > > 2. Using the ACU utility, set your adapter up for > using WAP, then set the > wap key(will have to be entered as hex values) > > 3. If you want this to work on boot you'll have to > add a couple of lines > into your /etc/modules.conf: > Something like this should work: > > alias eth1 mpi350 > post-install mpi350 /opt/cisco/bin/bcard > > 4. Make sure your eth1 card is set for DHCP... (see > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1) > > 5. Now ifup eth1 and it really should work!!! It > does for me, and has at > least in RH9 and FC1 (didn't have and mpi350 before > RH9) > > On FC1, though - I've installed the airo-mpi driver > from > http://bellet.info/~bellet/laptop/ > Check the readme here > http://bellet.info/~bellet/laptop/airo_mpi.HOWTO.txt > > In my oppinion, the airo-mpi is at least as good and > stable as the cisco > driver, and the handeling is linux-standard stuff... > configuration goes in > ifcfg-eth1, nothing else... no need to call bcard > and stuff like that! > very nice! But both should work! > > Hope it helps! > > Thomas > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list ===== "Beauty is the purgation of superfluities" - Michelangelo ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk
