Re: [Madwifi-users] D-Link G650 with DI-624
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From: Kerry S. <kws...@be...> - 2004-02-15 02:30:20
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I do not have the same issue that you are having here. I will take a stab at that in a second. I just wanted to mention the problem that I am seeing with the same setup. I see the following messages filling up my logs.... ath0 (WE) : Buffer for request 8B0B too small (0<564) I am using the CVS version of the madwifi drivers which were the latest as of 2/9/2004 (9.2.2004) As for the issue that you are seeing, I am curious as to why you are issuing the "dhcpxd ath0" to get the IP address? I just insert my card into the laptop ... no, I actually boot up the laptop with the card inserted. It gets recognized and it automatically pulls the IP address. I have created /etc/sysconfig/network/ipcfg-ath0 with the following configuration: BOOTPROTO='dhcp' DHCLIENT_SET_DOWN_LINK='yes' MTU='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='hotplug' UNIQUE='svHJ.dQhZhfUNFY0' WIRELESS_ESSID='DI-624C' WIRELESS_KEY='s:thisismykey open' WIRELESS_MODE='Managed' WIRELESS_NICK='linux' WIRELESS_NWID='' WIRELESS_RATE='54Mbps' "s: thisismykey open" is the key that I use for my WEP. I changed it here, obviously. Just changed the "thisismykey" portion to your own key or leave the entry blank if you do not prefer to use WEP. ========================== On Saturday 14 February 2004 07:46 pm, fabrizio\.morbini\@libero\.it wrote: > The problems start here: > > -I try to get the ip address using "dhcpxd ath0" but I don't get anything, > so I set the IP manually. Now if I try to ping the wireless router I get > back a correct packet once in a while and the remaining packets have a CRC > error. |