--- James Pifer <jep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Okay, now I'm running a kernel with 16k stacks. I > also loaded > > ndiswrapper 1.5. > > > > I can load everything like this: > > > > ndiswrapper -i > /install/ndiswrapper/broadcom/bcmwl5.inf > > /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper > > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed > > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key my_key_goes_here > > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid my_ssid_goes_here > > /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.25 netmask > 255.255.255.0 up > > > > One more thing. If I run iwconfig after running the > above commands I get > this: > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access > Point: > 00:00:00:00:00:00 > Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm > RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise > level:0 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx > invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 > Missed beacon:0 > > It doesn't show the ESSID, says Encryption is off, > and Access Point > address of 00:00:00:00:00:00. > > I assume these settings are part of my problem. Why > didn't the settings > "take"? Anyone know what I am doing wrong? > > Thanks, > James > since noone else has responded... did you check "ndiswrapper -l" again? show that the driver is loaded and all? then did you try "dhclient wlan0"? then check iwconfig to see if you got connected? or try "iwlist wlan0 scan" to find out whether it sees any networks? is your access point broadcasting the essid? have MAC filtering on? ..just covering the basics. i've have some goofy results sometimes with iwconfig and had to do this on a few occasions: command "dhclient -r wlan0" using network applet, Deactivate wlan0 using network applet, Activate wlan0 __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
