Knoppix 3.6 and WMP54G wifi by ndiswrapper

**tlamik** · 10-06-2004, 07:26 AM

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 · 10-06-2004, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by tlamik

I can iwconfig essid "my_favorit_essid" and I successfully

Are you doing it right?:

Code:

# iwconfig wlan0 essid your_network_name

Then check by

Code:

# iwconfig

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

If essid is OK then try

Code:

# netcardconfig

and choose dhcp. This should do it!

-tapsa-

**tlamik** · 10-07-2004, 06:28 AM

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 · 10-07-2004, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by tlamik

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:

Code:

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:

Code:

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:

Code:

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:

Code:

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

... I get pump right:

Code:

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-