[ltp] Re: My Wireless Experiences with a T41

Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:21:29 +0100

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On 11/13/2003 08:51 PM, honey@gneek.com wrote:

> [...]
>
>Sean, can I ask if this is in Ad-Hoc mode or Managed?  I've tried
>endlessly to get my Aironet 350 miniPCI working with the Fedora
>2.4.22 kernel and given up: in Ad-Hoc mode (WEP on).  Works fine in
>managed.  I think Fabrice alluded to the fact that he knows Ad-Hoc is
>broken just now: although it worked fine on my custom 2.4.21 kernel
>in Red Hat 9.
>  
>
I'm running Fedora Core 1 with a 2.4.22 kernel (not the fedora kernel) 
on an R40 and with Fabrice's driver the Ad-Hoc mode *doesn't* work: for 
one, it won't accept an ESSID (iwconfig eth1 essid xxxxx seems to be a NOP).

>I hope I'm not misunderstanding the problem, because it's driving me
>mad.  I've tried the (nasty) Cisco driver instead, and can't get
>either to work: acu sometimes crashes, bcard sometimes hangs the OS,
>the addition of a WEP key via the acu utility again doesn't work.
>All this worked ok with 2.4.21-ac1/RH9.
>  
>
the cisco driver works with a plain vanilla 2.4.22 kernel.

>Has anyone actually got the Cisco 350 miniPCI working with the stock
>fedora kernel in Ad-Hoc mode?  I don't think I have a choice as I
>don't have an access point, just a linux firewall/router with another
>802.11b card in: I assume I can't run Managed in this environment(?).
>
>  
>
that seems to depend on the wireless card: in my case it's not possible, 
since my linux firewall/router is the R40 with the cisco mpi in it...if 
that were a Prism based WLAN card instead, it seems that than you could 
switch that to AP mode....

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On 11/13/2003 08:51 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:honey@gneek.com">honey@gneek.com</a> wrote: 
<blockquote type="cite"
 cite="midPine.LNX.4.44.0311131947100.6584-100000@jug.crockery">[...]
 <pre wrap="">
Sean, can I ask if this is in Ad-Hoc mode or Managed? I've tried
endlessly to get my Aironet 350 miniPCI working with the Fedora
2.4.22 kernel and given up: in Ad-Hoc mode (WEP on). Works fine in
managed. I think Fabrice alluded to the fact that he knows Ad-Hoc is
broken just now: although it worked fine on my custom 2.4.21 kernel
in Red Hat 9.
 </pre>
</blockquote>
I'm running Fedora Core 1 with a 2.4.22 kernel (not the fedora kernel)
on an R40 and with Fabrice's driver the Ad-Hoc mode doesn't
work: for one, it won't accept an ESSID (iwconfig eth1 essid xxxxx
seems to be a NOP). 
<blockquote type="cite"
 cite="midPine.LNX.4.44.0311131947100.6584-100000@jug.crockery">
 <pre wrap="">
I hope I'm not misunderstanding the problem, because it's driving me
mad. I've tried the (nasty) Cisco driver instead, and can't get
either to work: acu sometimes crashes, bcard sometimes hangs the OS,
the addition of a WEP key via the acu utility again doesn't work.
All this worked ok with 2.4.21-ac1/RH9.
 </pre>
</blockquote>
the cisco driver works with a plain vanilla 2.4.22 kernel. 
<blockquote type="cite"
 cite="midPine.LNX.4.44.0311131947100.6584-100000@jug.crockery">
 <pre wrap="">
Has anyone actually got the Cisco 350 miniPCI working with the stock
fedora kernel in Ad-Hoc mode? I don't think I have a choice as I
don't have an access point, just a linux firewall/router with another
802.11b card in: I assume I can't run Managed in this environment(?).

  </pre>
</blockquote>
that seems to depend on the wireless card: in my case it's not
possible, since my linux firewall/router is the R40 with the cisco mpi
in it...if that were a Prism based WLAN card instead, it seems that
than you could switch that to AP mode....<br>
<br>
<pre cols="72" class="moz-signature">-- 
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