Can't Ping wireless router...

**rjcarr** · 03-19-2005

I am almost through the wireless adapter installation from hell, but I can't get to the finish line. I can't ping my router yet, or see the Internet. I also see something strange (I think) in the iwconfig readout.

I am following Craig's ACX100/111 Guide (excellent, by the way) because I have that chipset in my card. My specs are below:

Netgear Wireless Router WGR614 v4 on 192.168.0.1
Netgear WG311 v2 adapter card
RedHat 2.4.20-6

I've modified start_net in the scripts directory. I've specified the ESSID, Channel, and DHCP settings. I've tried the USE_DHCP=0 and 1 with similar results. I should be using 1, since my router is providing the IPs.

I don't have anything setup for WEP since the card doesn't support it.

When I run iwconfig, I think I should see "Access Point:" followed by a MAC address. Instead, I see "Cell" followed by a MAC address. Not sure if this is a problem or not.

When I try and ping my router using ping -c 4 -I wlan0 192.168.0.1 I get results for the first line but destination is unreachable for icmp_seq=1,2,3 and 4. I see 4 packets transmitted, 0 received.

Anyone want to help a noob out?

Thanks for the help.

**loft306** · 03-19-2005

it soundsas if you have the radio side of the wireless nic working...that is good
now you need to start the nic ( bring up the nic) to do this you can use the ifconfig command

Code:

ifconfig <name of interface> up

name of interface = eth0 eth1 wlan0 whitchever it is listed as in' iwconfig' or' iwlist scan' also you should set the init sclipt to start on boot or rather defauult i think

there are also other commands that you can use to bring the nic up on diffrent distros

**rjcarr** · 03-19-2005

Thanks for the reply. I did that and I didn't get any errors - but same problem.

**loft306** · 03-19-2005

please past the output of

Code:

iwconfig

here

**rjcarr** · 03-19-2005

BTW, ping doesn't work at all if if I specify USE_DHCP=1 so there is definietely a problem seeing my network.

**rjcarr** · 03-19-2005

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions

wlan0

IEEE 802.11b+/g+ EESID:"NETGEAR" Nickname:"acx100 v0.2.0pre8
Mode:Ad-Hoc Channel:11 Cell: 6F:A6...
Bit Rate=1Mb/s Tx-Power:15dBm Sensitivity=1/3
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off
Encryp key:off
Power management:off
Link Quality:38/100 Signal Level:13/100 Noise Level:0/100
All the rest are 0.

**loft306** · 03-19-2005

ooo do u have dhcpcd running? if not either start it or aquire it and start it so that dhcp will work.

**rjcarr** · 03-19-2005

Where do I find this program?

**swemic** · 03-23-2005

You could try

Code:

dhclient wlan0

from a shell as root
However, is your router (the AP that is) really offering DHCP addresses?

**rl4** · 04-06-2005

this is my first post. I think you should run

iwconfig <eth0/1 or wlan0/1> mode managed

to change from ad-hoc mode to managed. Then bring it down and up again with the customary commands. Hope this works.

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