mandrake 10.1 wireless

uchiha · 01-15-2005, 04:01 PM

I read around and I found out I can use the original windows inf and sys files to drive my wireless chipset. I had to compile my own source for the NDISwrapper tools. I configured everything and got the system to recognize the pci bus and location of the chip. I got the ESSID in and the WEP key recognized. before all that I have already put a file with the neccessary parameters in etc/sysconfig/network-scripts as ifcg-wlan0 and gave it ONBOOT=yes. When I type IWconfig as root, it will tell me that the driver is initialized on wlan0, and that the ESSID is as assigned and the WEP key is configured. i proceed to activate the dhcp by typing DHCPCD wlan0 and it results in "program not found" so I type "ifup wlan0" it tries to get an ip lease but fails. when I reboot, during wlan0 boot process, it also fails to initialize an Ip. I am lost!! help me!

horndude · 01-15-2005, 04:52 PM

quickest way, and I really hate doing this, but goto http://www.linuxquestions.org and goto the mandrake forum and search carefully, then ask around

this is one of those specific cases where a general linux forum isnt likely to be of much use, especially with wireless, so far each of the main distro's of linux handle this a little differently

T1junkie · 01-16-2005, 10:10 AM

im not sure which dhcp client Mandrake 10.1 uses
have your tried both "dhcpcd" & "dhclient"

01-15-2005, 04:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
uchiha True Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 219	mandrake 10.1 wireless I read around and I found out I can use the original windows inf and sys files to drive my wireless chipset. I had to compile my own source for the NDISwrapper tools. I configured everything and got the system to recognize the pci bus and location of the chip. I got the ESSID in and the WEP key recognized. before all that I have already put a file with the neccessary parameters in etc/sysconfig/network-scripts as ifcg-wlan0 and gave it ONBOOT=yes. When I type IWconfig as root, it will tell me that the driver is initialized on wlan0, and that the ESSID is as assigned and the WEP key is configured. i proceed to activate the dhcp by typing DHCPCD wlan0 and it results in "program not found" so I type "ifup wlan0" it tries to get an ip lease but fails. when I reboot, during wlan0 boot process, it also fails to initialize an Ip. I am lost!! help me! __________________ [root@root root]$ su

01-16-2005, 10:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
T1junkie Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 302	im not sure which dhcp client Mandrake 10.1 uses have your tried both "dhcpcd" & "dhclient" __________________ IBM/Lenovo T43 2687DSU Pentium M 2.0Ghz 1024 MB (DDR2 SDRAM) 80 GB Ultra ATA, 5400 RPM 14.1\" LCD Windows XP Pro DVD-R 64MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 Integrated 802.11A/B/G, Bluetooth, 10/100/1000 Eth.

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01-15-2005, 04:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	quickest way, and I really hate doing this, but goto http://www.linuxquestions.org and goto the mandrake forum and search carefully, then ask around this is one of those specific cases where a general linux forum isnt likely to be of much use, especially with wireless, so far each of the main distro's of linux handle this a little differently