Knoppix 3.6 and WMP54G wifi by ndiswrapper

[tlamik]

I try my WMP54G wifi in Knoppix,
I successfully loaded my inf file and modprobe ndiswrapper,
I can iwlist wlan0 scanning (I can see my provider)
I can iwconfig essid "my_favorit_essid" and I successfully
pump -i wlan0,

BUT I CANNOT ping, and do nothing with others.
In Ethereal I can sniff all packets from AP.
My provider does not use any encrypting.

In Windows all works fine,

Have somebody any idea ? :?:

[tr]

I can iwconfig essid "my_favorit_essid" and I successfully


Are you doing it right?:

# iwconfig wlan0 essid your_network_name

Then check by

# iwconfig
that your essid name was really accepted. If it is not there, then do the same again.

If essid is OK then try

# netcardconfig
and choose dhcp. This should do it!


-tapsa-

[tlamik]

Of course I did it right, I wrote I am able to sniff all traffic from that AP,
If I wrote it wrong I cannot be able to see any traffic from AP, isn't it ?!?
I guess I do it right, though I can successfully pump -i wlan0 ...

[tr]

I guess I do it right, though I can successfully pump -i wlan0 ...

I don't have the same card, so this might be different with yours. I have Linksys WMP11 v. 2.7 card and this is what I get:


lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"d11b"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-10 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0root@ttyp0[knoppix]# pump -i wlan0 --status
Device wlan0
IP: 10.100.109.157
Netmask: 255.255.240.0
Broadcast: 10.100.111.255
Network: 10.100.96.0
Boot server 10.100.111.254
Next server 10.100.111.254
Gateway: 10.100.111.254
Gateways: 10.100.111.254
Domain: suomicom.fi
Nameservers: 217.119.36.4 217.119.37.4 217.30.180.230
Renewal time: Fri Oct 8 16:26:46 2004
Expiration time: Fri Oct 8 19:26:46 2004
root@ttyp0[knoppix]#
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:17 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.

As you see, I don't get essid at all, so I must type it by hand:



root@ttyp0[knoppix]# iwconfig wlan0 essid TeraeNet
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"TeraeNet"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point: 00:40:05:26:FE:4D
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-62 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:22 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.

root@ttyp0[knoppix]#


Now after this I try that pump:


root@ttyp0[knoppix]# pump -i wlan0 --status
Operation failed.

I don't get status and my net is not active. But if I type netcardconfig:


root@ttyp0[knoppix]# netcardconfig
Sending DHCP broadcast from device wlan0 OK.
auto lo wlan0


... I get pump right:


root@ttyp0[knoppix]# pump -i wlan0 --status
Device wlan0
IP: 10.100.109.157
Netmask: 255.255.240.0
Broadcast: 10.100.111.255
Network: 10.100.96.0
Boot server 10.100.111.254
Next server 10.100.111.254
Gateway: 10.100.111.254
Gateways: 10.100.111.254
Domain: suomicom.fi
Nameservers: 217.119.36.4 217.119.37.4 217.30.180.230
Renewal time: Fri Oct 8 16:26:46 2004
Expiration time: Fri Oct 8 19:26:46 2004
root@ttyp0[knoppix]#


I remember that I had same kind of mysterious looking problems when putting IP by hand. The reason for troubles was wrong Broadcast. My last number was 1 but is should be 255. I could ping but not do anything else in the net. After changing Broadcast right everything worked. But pump is used with DHCP, so this is not your problem as far I see. I can't help, sorry :(


-tapsa-