Re: wireless on Debian

2007-03-02 Thread Mr Alk3
use the open source module than the Windows drivers, but it just > seems to be impossible on my system. > > On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 19:52 -0600, Mr Alk3 wrote: > > I am using WEP encryption, but can set up WPA etc etc. I did notice > > that when I was configuring the inte

Re: WEP

2007-03-02 Thread Mr Alk3
Its not my AP only. My dad also uses it. He owns it. I may be able to persuade him though. :D On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 03:27:49AM +0100, pinniped wrote: > > Hahaha ... the "Worthless Encryption Protocol" - don't ever use it, you'd > only be fooling yourself. Even WPA-PSK isn't that much bett

Re: wireless on Debian

2007-03-02 Thread Mr Alk3
I am using WEP encryption, but can set up WPA etc etc. I did notice that when I was configuring the interface to connect to the WEP encrypted AP that it wasn't finding any of the WEP access point in the area. I might have to change my AP to use WPA as I am seeing that most people are getting

Re: Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-02 Thread Mr Alk3
using ndiswrapper or the bcm43xx module? I've had major problems with > the bcm43xx when attempting to use any kind of encryption. > > On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 16:59 -0600, Mr Alk3 wrote: > > I have my Broadcom wireless card half functional and it can be > > configured.

Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-02 Thread Mr Alk3
I have my Broadcom wireless card half functional and it can be configured. I just can seem to get it to connect to an AP. When I do an 'iwconfig' I get this: # iwconfig lono wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"ByteMe" Nickname:"Br

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 and bcm43xx driver

2007-03-01 Thread Mr Alk3
I use WEP encryption and not WPA encryption. Does anyone else have an idea on what I need to do to get this working? On 3/1/07, Freddy Freeloader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mr Alk3 wrote: > Here is where I am at: > I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 running Debian Etch. I have a 2.6.20cu

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 and bcm43xx driver

2007-03-01 Thread Mr Alk3
d to rename my AP essid to lesser/lowercase characters? What could be causing this? I usually just run a script that modprobes the module, configures my wireless interface from iwconfig and then runs 'dhclient wlan0'. Should I be using /etc/network/interfaces or does it matter? On 3/1/07,

Fwd: Kernel 2.6.20 and bcm43xx driver

2007-02-28 Thread Mr Alk3
-- Forwarded message -- From: Mr Alk3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Feb 28, 2007 10:41 PM Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.20 and bcm43xx driver To: Tim Sailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does anyone have any idea on how to solve my problem? I really dont want to have to rename my AP es

Kernel 2.6.20 and bcm43xx driver

2007-02-28 Thread Mr Alk3
Here is the output of 'lspci -v' for the NIC = 0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0007 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169 Memory at efdfc000 (32-bit,