Orinoco Wireless Issues

[ezfreeze]

Using the latest Knoppix and an Orinoco Gold wifi card and can't get card to start...

Here is some info...

iwconfig gives the following:

Warning: Driver for device eth0 has been compiled with version 15 of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 16.
Some things may be broken...

Also tried to start the device with:
/etc/pcmcia/network start eth0

and received the following:

/sbin/pump -i eth0 > /dev/null
Operation failed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated... And since I am new to Knoppix, please be specific... Thanks again in advanced

ez

[garyng]

this first warning can be ignored.

what did "iwconfig eth0" say ? Another question, what is the access point you want to connect to ? Orinoco shouldn't have any problem with linux as it is almost the first and the best supported card, though lacking feature wise as far as I read.

[ezfreeze]

iwconfig eth0 gives:

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ iwconfig eth0
Warning: Driver for device eth0 has been compiled with
version 15
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using
version 16.
Some things may be broken...

eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"" Nickname:"HERMES I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/242700000
Retry limit:4 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff

And the access point I have is a buffalotech AP, but I have 2 laptops and I was wanting to try to run airsnort to see how long it takes to crack my wep key... Running airsnort gives the error:

could not set monitor mode

I did however used the command to put eth0 in monitor mode:

iwpriv monitor eth0 1 9

I am however thinking the airsnort problem is not getting the wifi card up and running...

again... Thanks in advanced...

[garyng]

if memory serve you are running 'managed' mode which requires you to enter the correct essid(blank in your case). Either change it to ad-hoc mode or provide the correct essid and see if it works.

the monitor mode issue is seperate from the rest as after you have put it into monitor mode, it is no longer used to access the network but only good for airsnort(as far as I know). I need to pull and plug and redo everything again if I want to access the network. another thing you mention is you want to crack WEP suggesting your network is using WEB then you need to give the card the correct key as well in order to access

[ezfreeze]

Ok... Let me ask you this... If my memory serves me correct, while running redhat linux with the same card, whether I have the correct essid or not, I get lights on my card letting me know that it is functional...

Or am I mistaking?

[garyng]

I have no idea about RH(never used before), may be someone else have better knowledge about it. What I mentioned is what I learnt about my Orinoco silver.

[ezfreeze]

Ok... Attempting to get functionaility out of my card in Knoppix...

Set my essid, wep key, and so forth... Once I do that, I need to restart the pcmcia service, correct?

here is what I get after making all the additions in the wlcardconfig command.

root@ttyp1[pcmcia]# ./network stop eth0
/sbin/pump -i eth0 > /dev/null
Operation failed.

root@ttyp1[pcmcia]# ./network start eth0
/sbin/iwconfig eth0 channel 9
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not
supported.
/sbin/iwconfig eth0 key (actual wep key removed)
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
invalid argument "(actual wep key removed)".
/sbin/pump -i eth0 > /dev/null
Operation failed.

Here is what I get with the iwconfig eth0 command now:

root@ttyp1[pcmcia]# iwconfig eth0
Warning: Driver for device eth0 has been compiled with
version 15
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using
version 16.
Some things may be broken...

eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"(Actual essid removed)"
Nickname:"Knoppix"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457GHz Access
Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Sensitivity:1/242700000
Retry limit:4 RTS thrff Fragment
thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff

Any ideas?

[ezfreeze]

What mode are you all using for laptop to your AP?

I loaded my rh9 laptop, auto configed my wifi card, verified internet connection and noticed it was in ad-hoc mode... and was a little surprised...

thanks