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  1. 10-08-2004 #1
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    problem with dhcp settings

    I'm using mdk 10 Official & have a wireless card that seems to be installed properly but can't seem to use dhcp properly to connect to my router - how do I check/change the dhcp settings? (The card works fine with Fedora Core 2, using ndiswrapper and some tweaked drivers)

    dmesg | grep ndiswrapper produces this:

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    ndiswrapper: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
ndiswrapper version 0.10 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
ndiswrapper: using irq 17
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:30:bd:4f:c5:58 using driver rtl8180.sys
ndiswrapper device wlan0 supports WPA with AES/CCMP and TKIP ciphers
ndiswrapper: driver rtl8180.sys (Realtek,04/29/2004,5.169.0429.2004) added

    and iwconfig produces this output:

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    wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"ting"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462GHz  Access Point: 00:0C:41:8A:AE:70  
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power:20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  
          RTS thr:2432 B   Fragment thr:2432 B   
          Power Managementff
          Link Quality:100/100  Signal level:-66 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

    which looks promising to me, but at this point in the ndiswrapper INSTALL file it suggests you set up the network parameters for the device according to your distro...when I go into the Gnome panel 'Configure your computer' wlan0 is already there but when I try to activate wlan0 it can't use dhcp and times out
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  2. 10-08-2004 #2
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    make sure that your wireless router is set up for dhcp
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerdonald
    make sure that your wireless router is set up for dhcp
    it is - I have fedora & windows partitions on the same box & the card works fine with both (sorry, that wasn't obvious from my post).
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    anybody?
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    i haven't used Mandrake for a time but i'm sure there was some tools in the control centre for setting up for dhcp, look for network card settings or something
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  7. 10-12-2004 #7
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    fyber is correct. You can use MCC to configure your wifi card, select dhcp and you should be good to go.

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