RE: Problems configuring ORiNOCO Silver card

Ellen,

Sounds like problems with route and resolve.conf

What does 'route -n' report?

What is in /etc/resolv.conf?

Jamey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ellen Dash [mailto:edash_dgi@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 3:02 PM
> To: familiar@handhelds.org
> Subject: RE: [Familiar] Problems configuring ORiNOCO Silver card
>
>
> Thanks Jamey & Carl for the help ... I'm getting closer,
> but still not there.
>
> I have modified network.opts
> DHCP="n"
> PUMP='n'
>
> and wireless.opts
> MODE="Managed"
>
> The "operation failed" message no longer occurs. :-)
>
> Here's what I get now with ifconfig and iwconfig:
> # ifconfig
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3904 Metric:1
> RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:1652 (1.6 Kb) TX bytes:1652 (1.6 Kb)
>
> wvlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:2D:2B:91:F4
> inet addr:192.168.1.102 Bcast:192.168.1.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:612 (612.0 b) TX bytes:612 (612.0 b)
> Interrupt:42
>
> # iwconig
> modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4
> modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> wvlan0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"linksys" Nickname:"dash2"
> Frequency:2.437GHz Sensitivity:1/3 Mode:Managed
> Access Point: 00:04:5A:26:5B:5F
> Bit Rate:11Mb/s RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2347 B
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link quality:49/92 Signal level:-46 dBm Noise
> level:-95 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0
>
> --- But I can't ping anything... here's an example:
> # /bin/ping handhelds.org
> ping: unknown host handhelds.org
>
> I get unknown host for everything, and if I type in an
> IP address I never get a reply.
>
> --- Thinking that maybe I needed to configure the channel
> for the Access Point, I tried:
>
> # iwconfig wvlan0 channel 6
> modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4
> modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5
> SIOCSIWFREQ: Operation not supported
>
> As others have said... still no joy. Any other ideas
> are really appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ellen
>
>
>
> >From: "Hicks, Jamey" <Jamey.Hicks@compaq.com>
> >To: Ellen Dash <edash_dgi@hotmail.com>, familiar@handhelds.org
> >Subject: RE: [Familiar] Problems configuring ORiNOCO Silver card
> >Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 08:49:23 -0500
> >
> >Ellen,
> >
> >I think your card is working.
> >
> >If you're not using DHCP, then set DHCP="n", and you will not get the
> >operation failed message any more.
> >
> >The ifconfig shows that it is setting the IP address on the card to
> >192.168.1.101. If this is not the correct address, then you need to
> >edit the entry in network.opts. If it is, then you are all done.
> >
> >Jamey
> >
>
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Received on Tue May 22 12:10:35 2001