A little wireless/ndiswrapper help

[Albert Hawker]

On some D-Link routers there is a "Burst" or "pipeline" or "something
like that" setting in the config.  Try turning that off and configure
the radio for optimum distance instead of speed (default setting I
think) and see if it lets you connect.


On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 23:05 -0400, James Pifer wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 19:05, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 10:54 -0400, James Pifer wrote:
> > > I have ndiswrapper installed and configured and everything seems to be
> > > working correctly. I can run the following commands without a problem
> > > and I can scan the wireless networks. 
> > > 
> > > /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
> > > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
> > > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key restricted my_key
> > > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid my_essid
> > > /sbin/dhclient wlan0
> > > 
> > > I can bring down and bring up the wireless adapter using:
> > > /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 [down][up]
> > > 
> > > The problem is I can't get an ip address and the router does not show
> > > the client connected. 
> > > I was using MAC filtering, but I have disabled that to rule it out. 
> > > DHCP runs on a separate linux box, not on my wireless router. 
> > > I have a windows machine that connects ok and gets an IP address. 
> > > 
> > > My router is a DLink DI624.
> > > I'm running FC4 on a HP Compaq nx9110.
> > > The wireless card is:
> > > 02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
> > > Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions?
> > > 
> > 
> > It looks like you are using encryption.  What happens if you change 
> >      /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key restricted my_key
> >   to  
> >      /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key my_key
> > 
> > When I have this sort of problem I start with the least restrictive
> > configuration where I can get a connection, then add the restrictions so
> > I can tell which causes a problem (if any).
> > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > James
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> Hm, I get the exact same thing. Here's what I get in messages when I
> load it:
> 
> Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: ndiswrapper version 1.1 loaded
> (preempt=no,smp=yes)
> Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,04/21/2005,
> 3.100.65.1) loaded
> Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 18
> (level, low) -> IRQ 193
> Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: ndiswrapper: using irq 193
> Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device
> 00:90:4b:5f:be:d2 using driver bcmwl5, configuration file
> 14E4:4320:103C:12F4.5.conf
> Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with
> TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP
> 
> I looked at the conf file it specifies above and some things were blank,
> like:
> SSID|
> WEP|
> 
> So I also tried adding my settings and it made no difference. 
> 
> James
> 
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