[driverloader] Problems configuring WEP with Driverloader 2.24, MDK 10.1, Inspiron 8100, DWL 650

[Vadim]

Hi Jonathan.,

Once again thank you for your time to help me with this issue. 

> it seems that you are connected to the other wireless node since you 
> have the 'Cell: 02:E0:5B:D1:4C:D0' information in the output of the 
> 'iwconfig' command. 

When I start up Windows I see two other wireless networks in my neighborhood that other people are running. Do you mean that in Linux my card may actually be trying to contact the other network(s)?

> It is quite possible that the problem is related to 
> IP configuration, for example, set the IP address for the wireless 
> interface, the DNS server, the routing table, firewall, etc...
> 
> Please try to connect to an access point since it is easier to setup and 
> to make sure that DriverLoader is working fine. 

Forgive me my igrnorance, but what do you mean by "try to connect to an access point"? I thought that this is what the card is trying to do? I do have an ability to access the router through the wireless card when WEP is disabled. 

It is getting confusing...
Thanks for any suggestions.

Vadim

> When it will be working 
> fine with an access point, you could try again to setup a connection in 
> Ad-Hoc mode.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
> 
> 
> Vadim wrote:
> > Jonathan, thank you for your reply. Below is the output of iwconfig eth2:
> > 
> > root at localhost host]# iwconfig eth2
> > eth2      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"default"  Nickname:"localhost"
> >           Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.437GHz  Cell: 02:E0:5B:D1:4C:D0
> >           Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
> >           RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >           Encryption key:XXXX-XXXX-XX   Security mode:open
> >           Power Management:off
> >           Link Quality:8/94  Signal level:-67 dBm  Noise level:-154 dB  m
> >           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
> >           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> > 
> > At this point, both lights on the card are on, but I am still not able to connect to the Internet. I feel  I am really close, but yet I have been battling this issue for several weeks now. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
> > 
> > Vadim
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com>
> > To: Vadim <gopackers at ukr.net>
> > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:02:50 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [driverloader] Problems configuring WEP with Driverloader 2.24,MDK 10.1, Inspiron 8100, DWL 650
> > 
> > 
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>a KEY without the s: prefix is a HEX key so if you want to use a ASCII 
> >>WEP key, you will need to use the s: prefix. For example:
> >>
> >>---
> >>KEY=s:XXXXXXX
> >>---
> >>
> >>It is also possible that you have to explicitly set the security mode or 
> >>else it will not work depending on the Windows XP driver used and the 
> >>access point. For example, you could try with the following keys:
> >>
> >>---
> >>KEY="s:XXXXXXX open"
> >>KEY="s:XXXXXXX restricted"
> >>---
> >>
> >>There is more information on this subject in the 'iwconfig' manual page.
> >>
> >>Please let us know if you require more assistance.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >>Jonathan
> >>Technical specialist / Linuxant
> >>www.linuxant.com
> >>support at linuxant.com
> >>
> >>
> >>Vadim wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>I have dual-boot Inspiron 8100, Mandrake 10.1/Win XP, DWL 650 M1 wireless, Driverloader 2.24.
> >>>
> >>>I was very pleased finally to be able to use my wireless card under Linux, Driverloader was a breeze to install and configure. However, I have not been able to successfully configure WEP option (which works seamlessly under Windows XP). The free trial will be expiring very soon and I would like to purchase a license, but I am reluctant to do so without being able to fully unilize the option of WEP protection. I tried adding 
> >>>
> >>>KEY=XXXXXXXXXX
> >>>
> >>>in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2, the card is up and running, but does not connect to the router. Any ideas what else I could try? Thank you,
> >>>
> >>>Vadim 
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> >>
> >>
> > 
> 
> 

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