home network - please helpForum: Networking Topic: home network - please help started by: torp Posted by torp on Feb. 23 2006,23:31
well i have read a million pages of info, and i am more confused now than i was at the start. here is my situation, i have 2 boxes running DSL 2.2 frugal. Both have atheros based wireless cards that are recognized by DSL. i am just trying to get low-level connectivity at this point, a successful ping would be a great victory. this is what i've done so far:- ifconfig ath0 up - ifconfig ath0 192.xx.xx.xx - ifconfig ath0 essid HELPME! - ifconfig ath0 mode managed i've done this on both machines (different IP's of course), and now when i - iwlist ath0 peers i get no scan results.....can anyone tell me what i am missing here? thanks in advance! torp Posted by larkl on Feb. 24 2006,22:53
Do you think setting the netmask would help, ie ifconfig netmask 255.x.x.x?
Posted by gjhicks on Feb. 25 2006,04:55
Hi,There are two different commands used in configuing a wireless nic. Your post included: - ifconfig ath0 essid HELPME! - ifconfig ath0 mode managed These commands should have used 'iwconfig', like: - iwconfig ath0 essid HELPME! - iwconfig ath0 mode managed But, why not just use the 'netcardconfig' in either DSL Panel or the desktop menu. For a wireless nic, this clever script will do all the 'ifconfig' and DNS stuff and then take you through the 'iwconfig' stuff. Good luck. Posted by torp on Feb. 25 2006,05:27
hmmmmm......netcardconfig.......i was thinking this was for ethernet nic's. will certainly try this.thanks for the help! torp Posted by torp on Feb. 27 2006,14:04
well i am at a loss. netcardconfig doesnt see any card there to configure. i went to a rest area on the interstate (texas has wi-fi at all rest areas) and tried to get a connection. set the card up as described above. iwlist saw a beautiful signal, when i tried to connect using the gui i get the connection failed popup after several seconds. i know this is something simple. if i can get the signal i can connect if i am configured correctly. any help will be greatly appreciated!torp Posted by clivesay on Feb. 27 2006,14:49
I think maybe he meant Iwconfig from the DSL panel. This works well to get me on my wireless networks with a Orinoco Gold card
Posted by torp on Feb. 27 2006,18:44
ok...thats what I ran...and after a few seconds I get the little pop-up saying "connection failed".........
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