Damn...just realized I sent this to debian-user by mistake on Sunday. See below for my response to your question.
Sorry for the lateness.... On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 12:56:55PM -0500, wrote: > On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:54:54PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > > I'm relatively new to Linux, and have installed debian woody with the > > bf2.4 kernel. I'm having trouble getting my orinoco wireless card to > > work. The card beeps during startup, and its green light flickers, but > > doesn't stay on. When I run iwconfig eth1 the output gives the correct > > essid and nickname, but says that the encryption key is turned off, even > > though I've specified a key in /etc/network/interfaces. Here's what > > I've entered in /etc/network/interfaces: > > > > iface eth1 inet dhcp > > wireless_essid (my network name) > > wireless_mode managed > > wireless_key (a combination of five numbers and letters) > > wireless_nick (computer's nickname) > > wireless_channel 10 > > > > Is there another parameter I need to enter to turn on wireless > > encryption? Or am I missing something else? > > I have the same card. > Are you using 40 or 128 bit encryption? > > Have you tried setting encryption manually? > > Such as: > ~$ iwconfig eth1 enc 01234567890123456789123456 > > (for 128 bit encryption there are 26 characters needed and for > the 40 bit encryption there are 10 characters needed...I think... > so if you are using only 5 characters...that may be the problem) > > Also, have you played around with /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts ? > I don't use the interfaces file for the wireless settings > like you do. All my configuration in in wireless.opts > and the only thing in my interfaces file is this: > > auto eth1 > iface eth1 inet dhcp > > One other thing, I remember vaguely having trouble with the > bf24 kernel and wireless. Maybe you can try to do a custom kernel? > > Also what do you have for modules? > > This is what I have when I do lsmod: > > orinoco_cs 4724 1 > orinoco 37140 0 [orinoco_cs] > hermes 6020 0 [orinoco_cs orinoco] > > Hope this gets you started in the right direction. > > Andy
