[Devil-Linux-discuss] Wireless Question

[Giuseppe A. <giu...@po...>]

Hi,

I'm trying to configure wlan with a pci card 3com 3crdw696 (Intersil 
prism chip)
but after two days it still not run.
I use the latest version of devil-linux

The pc with wlan card should be connect to an access point with
128 bit wep encryption enabled

I have set all parameters in wlan.conf and wlan-essidname
I tryed the same pci card with win98 and 3com driver and run ok

The best configuration ( near to run ) I made is:

1) set all wlan parameters in /etc/wlan (nothing in /etc/sysconfig/nic )
2) load manually prism2_pci module ( modprobe prism2_pci )
3) manually set up ip for wlan interface ( ifconfig wlan0 10.4.100.114 
netmask 255.255.0.0 )

At this point iwconfig report a connection to access point, some
information about signal/noise quality, all ok in channnel, bit 
rate,frequency
  but an increasing value of "Rx invalid crypt"

and any ping test not run


Some questions

1) why is possible to configure wlan in /etc/sysconfig/nic, as show in 
ifcfg-eth4.sample,
                                 and in /etc/wlan

I tryed the first way but not run. The second way i better

what is the right way ?

2) Every time I used iwconfig I had an error
    example: #> iwconfig wlan0 essid wlantest
               SET failed on wlan0: function no implemented



Any help is welcome

Thanks a lot

Giuseppe
from Mantova/Italy