On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:55:39 -0400 Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DP> James Tappin wrote: DP> > I have an iBook with an airport card which is configured to DP> > dual-boot Debian Sarge or OSX Panther, that I would like to be DP> > able to use on both the wireless network at work and at home. DP> > Neither network broadcasts its ID and both use 128-bit WEP keys. I DP> > can connect to either net with MacOS, but only the work network DP> > works with Debian. The only obvious difference between the network DP> > configurations is that the work system uses a router that is the DP> > DHCP server while the home access point (an el-cheapo ME102) has a DP> > single IP address and the DHCP server is the PC to which it's wire DP> > connection is made (which also handles the NAT). DP> DP> This is a NetGear or something? My friend has a Linksys AP that I DP> was trying to use the other evening at his apartment from my DP> PowerBook Pismo - for whatever reason I couldn't get it to talk to DP> the base station until I put the card into "restricted" mode DP> (/sbin/iwconfig eth1 enc restricted). Then it just worked perfectly. DP> You might give that a try. Also, what version of the Orinoco drivers DP> are you using? I'm using the 0.15rc1 drivers (which include DP> access-point scanning). If you have this, compare the output of DP> 'iwconfig' by itself to what 'iwlist eth1 scanning' says about the DP> network. I'll give that a try. Yes it is a NetGear, but so is the router here at work. As for module versions, it is whatever comes with the stock 2.6.7 kernel distributed with Sarge; iwlist reports that scanning is not supported. James -- +------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+ | James Tappin | School of Physics & Astronomy | O__ | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | University of Birmingham | -- \/` | | Ph: 0121-414-6462. Fax: 0121-414-3722 | | +--------------------------------------------------------+---------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
