> did you check "ndiswrapper -l" again? show that the > driver is loaded and all? > Yes, ndiswrapper -l shows: [root@laptop ~]# ndiswrapper -l Installed ndis drivers: bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present > 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? > Yes, the scan shows that it sees 4 wireless networks, including mine. > is your access point broadcasting the essid? have MAC > filtering on? Yes, it is broadcasting the essid. I do have MAC filtering on, but my wireless cards MAC address is in the list to allow. I guess I could shut it off to rule it out. Same thing with MAC filtering off. Never see a connection on the router. > > ..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 > I'll give this a look. I really don't want to use DHCP though. It's turned off on my wireless router and is provided by another box on the network. Should still work, but I get DHCP discover failures on my wireless router, so that could be another obstacle. I do have another machine running Windows XP connected with wireless, so I know it is functioning. That machine also has a static address assigned. Thanks, James
