I presently have a successful XP wireless connection from my Laptop HP dv5094EA to a 'central' PC (XP) with a Belkin Wireless G Router.
I have so far failed to make a wireless laptop Internet connection using Linux Knoppix 5.0.1 live DVD (from Linux User & Developer, issue 65), after successful Knoppix installation (but only with 'cheat' nodma) . I have tried several forum suggestions under networking and laptops, without success.
At the Microsoft Windows XP command line, “ipconfig /all� gives:
“Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : maloac
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-B0-C7-26-A2
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
M1 Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
M2 Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
M3 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-73-53-E6
M4 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
M5 Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
M6 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.3
M7 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
M8 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
M9 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
M10 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
M11 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 22 October 2006 11:40:29
M12 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 19 January 2038 04:14:07 �
For Linux wireless using ndiswrapper and netcardconfig I am asked for, inter alia:
“L0 DHCP ( .. no)
L1 IP address for eth0
L2 Network mask for eth0
L3 Broadcast address for eth0
L4 Default gateway
L5 Nameserver
L6 Essid for eth0
L7 NWID (cell id), if needed
L8 Mode ( .. managed)
L9 Channel number ( .. 11)
L10 Frequency of eth0
L11 Encryption key (? Wep –sp)
L12 Additional info., sens-80, rts 512,freq 512,rate 5.5M
L13 Additional info., for ‘iwspy eth0’, if needed
L14 Additional info., for ‘iwpriv eth0’, if needed�
The labels M1-12 and L1-14 are mine, and I need to know which (if any) of the Microsoft M1-12 are to be used in the Linux L1-14? , hence a Linux-Microsoft wireless ‘dictionary’.
Finally, in running ndsiwrapper I use file bcmwl5.inf, which exists (search) in XP folders/directories:
C:\swsetup\sp33008a
C:\swsetup\sp31463a
C:\swsetup\wilan
C:\programfiles\broadcom\broadcom 802.11\driver
C:\windows\system32\reinstallbackups\0005\driver files
Which of the five should I use?
Any specific help on the above would be greatly appreciated: I am reasonably PC literate, but my Linux knowledge and skills are very small.
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