Hi, I'm trying to get WLAN to work on my Dell Inspiron 500m with Broadcom-based wireless adapter. I installed Linuxant's DriverLoader driver (the trial version) and the module seems to work fine. It loads into the kernel and I have successfully uploaded my Windows driver via the webinterface.
iwlist scan also works, displaying the access point I want to connect to. However, I'm confused as to how I'm supposed to start this interface. I have configured eth1 (that's my wireless device) to use dhcp just like my normal net connection - as it connects to the same network. Now, I tried to just ifup eth1 but that fails. Then I specified the WEP key in interfaces and that gets set correctly. I tried setting the essid through iwconfig but that gives neither an error nor does it change anything. I'm confused - what am I supposed to do to set up a wireless connection in Debian? Hoping for advice, Magnus -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone: +49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de
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