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Hi, I used ndiswrapper to get the driver for my card. and my linux also managed to recognise the wireless connection available.. but it refuses to let me connect. what ...
  1. 01-05-2006 #1
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    Running wireless

    Hi,
    I used ndiswrapper to get the driver for my card. and my linux also managed to recognise the wireless connection available.. but it refuses to let me connect.
    what command should i use to connect? iwconfig tells me that there is a connection available etc.
    Thanks for all your help
    Rekha
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    ifconfig wlan0 up
    iwconfig wlan0 key "ifyouhavewepkeyneabled"
    iwconfig wlan0 essid "nameofyouressid"
    dhcpcd wlan0 or dhclient wlan0 -----depending on what client you have

    then to test

    ping -c2 google.com
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    Incredibly it doesnt work
    I know it does all the things I ask it to. But only refuses to connect
    I don't know what the problem is. It claimed network was down. The same network which i am connected to now using windows!!!
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    if you are using encryption turn it off temporarily, just to see if you can connect.

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    Doesn't work
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    Unhappy How to get wireless running

    Here is the response I get when I run dhcp client
    Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.2
    Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium.
    All rights reserved.
    For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

    sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
    sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
    Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0e:9b:4b:27:e0
    Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:0e:9b:4b:27:e0
    Sending on Socket/fallback
    DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
    DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
    bound to 192.168.1.111 -- renewal in 1398 seconds.


    when i try to get it to connect to wifi it says, that I should configure stuff in MCC.
    what to do?
    thanks.
    rekha
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    If you mandrake 10.1 or higher (i think) it should come with this program which I found when googling which may aid you in actually connecting.

    Wireless Networking:
    The addition of drakroam to help in connecting to a wireless network is a nice addition. This may be started from a terminal with the command drakroam.
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  8. 01-10-2006 #8
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    cannot connect

    I am using drakconf to get my wireless radio running.
    i see the icon.. it tells me what wirless connections are availble etc.
    but it just wont let me connect to any
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