Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup

2004-11-03 Thread Lloyd Hayes
>By modem you mean network card, yeah? Do the usb2 hub and the pcmcia slot show up? And have you tried removing that - don't think freebsd supports usb2 hubs yet, it might be causing some conflicts. The USB2 hub has to be recognized since I installed the system with a CD ROM attached to this hu

Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup

2004-11-03 Thread Dick Davies
* Lloyd Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1113 00:13]: > >Start with the basics > > Exactly! > Here you go: > > plip0: flags=8851 mtu 1500 > lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 >inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 >inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 >inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > > On FreeBSD, I've

Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup

2004-11-02 Thread luke
> The Linksys 802.11b card is a 2 month old card, model WPC11 ver.4. It > uses the RealTek 8139 chipset. (One piece of software on a Linux system > reported this as having a RealTek 8180 chipset.) this is an 8180 chipset. 8139 is a wired chipset, 8180l is 802.11b. i have a similar card made by air

Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup

2004-11-01 Thread Lloyd Hayes
>Start with the basics Exactly! Here you go: plip0: flags=8851 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 On FreeBSD, I've been trying to use the Sysinstall menus. The modem is currently in the PCM

Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup

2004-11-01 Thread Dick Davies
* Lloyd Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1138 20:38]: > When I go to configure an Internet connection over a network, I seem to > be getting the same errors with FreeBSD and the wifi card that I got > with Linux. I am probably approaching it wrong, someway. Trying to do > something (?) that I shouldn

Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup

2004-11-01 Thread Lloyd Hayes
My software is configured to reply with a 'Top Posted'. I got used to this 25 years ago, and have used this format ever since. I usually remember what I wrote and am simply looking for answers or responses. I sort through previous information only when I need to. Usually my memory is adequate.

Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup

2004-11-01 Thread Luke Kearney
On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:31:13 -0700 Lloyd Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > Somehow or someway, my approach to this problem is completely wrong. > Using the various network connection programs, all respond that there is > no network connector attached. > > I put FBSD (for a day) on this

Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup

2004-11-01 Thread Lloyd Hayes
Somehow or someway, my approach to this problem is completely wrong. Using the various network connection programs, all respond that there is no network connector attached. I put FBSD (for a day) on this box a couple of months ago. The light on the PCMCIA WiFi card did come on then. (Linksys ca

Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup

2004-11-01 Thread Dick Davies
* Lloyd Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1057 19:57]: > I have several wifi modems. I've read where the Linksys 802.11b seems > the most compatable with UNIX type systems. I bought this one recently. > I also have the US Robodics 802.11g, Netware 802.11b, and a generic > wavelan 802.11b PCMCIA card. I