Networking :: orinoco mystery



what is the name of the device, ordinary network cards are usually configured as eth0, eth1 etc, i am not sure what the name of the wlan card would be. try ifup -a, it should start all network devices, then try to ping another machine on the network.
the machine is an acer extensal 390 (pentium 133).

As I said, the card works fine in windows, so there is
no hardware fault.

I get the proper beeps.

the interface can be brought up as eth0 manually
so that ifconfig and iwconfig report everything as
fine

but no network activity happens :(

(if there was another small linux that would boot on
this machine I'd try to see if this was knoppix/dsl
related but I don't know of any -- the other live cds
I have seen need at least 128 mb to boot)

thanks for the advice and if you've got more, I need it.
ifup -a?
welcome to the forum btw :)
If you're using a WEP key and your access point is not set to "open" or "both" you probably need to enter the "key restricted" in iwconfig.  Run netcardconfig and when you get to the one where you enter your WEP key, stop at the NEXT one which is something like "enter additional parameter for..." type in

key restricted

just like that, no quotes, dashes, equal signs.

Then just continue until netcardconfig finishes.

You can also do it using the iwconfig command line.  Something like
iwconfig wlan0 key restricted

Sorry I don't have my DLS box with me to jog my memory.  I done it so many times now, it's all rote for me.

But you seem to be pretty savvy so it should be a no brainer for you.  Let us know if that works.

It's unfortunate that the Linux world has not yet developed a unified TCP/IP-WiFi front end.  If your NIC isn't recognized by netcardconfig, you wouldn't believe what you have to do to set it up.  Something as simple as pointing to your default gateway and DNS servers is a throwback to the MS-DOS TCP/IP stack.

Don't get me started on the lack of hardware drivers for stuff that isn't two years old or thrown together by code anarchists.

Welcome to Linux.  If you like sticking your feet in piles of hot coals, you'll love it!
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