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Re: [PLUG] Setting up a LinkSys Wireless NIC
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On Tuesday 11 June 2002 13H:46, you wrote:
> On 11 Jun 2002 at 11:12, Jason wrote:
> > (because it became quite hot the last time it worked).
>
> Hmm. I'll bear that in mind.
It was probably after pushing a couple of gigs over it (didn't feel like
freeing up a port in the upstairs wired hub) overnight. Not how I normally
use these cards.
>
> > Depending on how you have routing setup, you might want to bring eth0
> > down while you're working with wlan0.
>
> Oh, eventually I will just stop using the eth0 3Com card. I just
> needed both loaded, else I couldn't send email from the laptop (as
> easily).
Is the AP not on the same subnet? If it is, I would recommend bringing down
eth0 (ifdown eth0) while testing wlan0. I'm assuming that eth0 is also
currently your default route.
> > > but ... where do I go from here? I have a DHCP server running on the
> > > wired part of my LAN, but "pump" doesn't seem to locate an address
> > > for "wlan0". (I tried "pump" and "pump -i wlan0"
> >
> > I haven't used DHCP over wireless under Linux. The Access Point may
> > not be configured to pass through broadcast packets (assuming they are
> > even being sent over the wireless link at this point). It might be
> > interesting to try setting up with a static IP first just to test the
> > wireless link.
>
> I didn't see anything in the AP that mentioned it. Isn't an AP
> (basically) just a hub? And would therefore pass all the protocols,
> ports, etc?
>
My understanding is that it's more like a bridge. It tries to make wireless
nodes appear as if they are on the local subnet that the AP is physically
attached to.
> So I should make an entry in /etc/network/interfaces, along the lines
> of
>
> auto wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet static
> address 192.168.100.60
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 192.168.100.0
> broadcast 192.168.100.255
> gateway 192.168.100.254
>
> and then what? Reboot? do a /etc/init.d/networking start ?
>
If you don't see lbl's (little blinky lights), you might do an
/etc/init.d/pcmcia restart. Sometimes I've had to do that, even with the card
in during bootup. But, that was also with a previous Linksys and old-ish
pcmcia drivers.
Also make sure that there are no wireless drivers enabled in the kernel.
> > Ok, I'm curious, what's Libranet? Another Linux distro, but geared
> > towards Libraries? Or, is this libra as in free?
>
> Libranet is Debian-based distro, but easier to set up, configure, etc
> than straight Debian. Based on Debian testing (aka woody). Ya gotta
> love that apt-get. :-)
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
Hope you get it working.
Cheers,
- -Jason Nocks
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