[CLUE-Tech] Wireless problem

[Nate Duehr]

Agreed with the other poster that without the output from iwconfig, 
it's hard to tell which part is broken -- the wireless connection or 
the network configuration.

Does iwconfig show you associated with the Access Point?

Also agreed that you really should run WEP at a bare minimum.  Unless 
you enjoy helping script kiddies out.  But you know your RF coverage 
better than we do.

Finally, you may want to set Mode to "Managed" instead of Auto if 
you're connecting through an Access Point and make sure the AP is 
really using Channel 1.

Those are just for starters, but should get you headed in the right 
direction...

Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com

On Apr 6, 2004, at 10:53 AM, Francis X. Maier wrote:

> I'm running Yellow Dog Linux 3.01 (basically Red Hat for Macs) on an
> iMac with an Airport (802.11b) card.  The card appears as configured 
> and
> active, but I can't make an internet connection.
>
> Background:  I lease eight static IPs from Qwest.  Five are usable by
> me.  Three are required by the system -- including the IP my Actiontech
> router uses (168.103.XX.6).
>
> I assign 168.103.XX.1 to my Airport Extreme base station, which then
> operates as the gateway for my other computers.
>
> The Xbox and the two Macs on my wireless LAN system work great, 
> manually
> configured with the base station (again, 168.103.XX.1) as their 
> gateway.
>
> My Linux box is the problem.  Note that I do not use WEP.  Here's my
> current /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file:
>
> DEVICE=eth1
> BOOTPROTO=static
> BROADCAST=168.103.XX.7
> IPADDR=168.103.XX.5
> NETMASK=255.255.255.248
> NETWORK=168.103.XX.0
> ONBOOT=yes
> CHANNEL=1
> TYPE=Wireless
> MODE=Auto
> KEY=
> RATE=Auto
> GATEWAY=168.103.XX.1
> ESSID=dannyman1
>
> Can somebody steer me in the right direction?
>
>
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