Re: [Fwd: Re: [Madwifi-users] Close with Dwl-G650]
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From: Matt F. <mat...@cl...> - 2005-10-31 21:02:39
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Quoting James Pifer (je...@ob...): >=20 >>>=20 >>=20 >> Using ifconfig ath0 address netmask up=20 >> Wireless network devices work like normal ones.=20 >>=20 >> HTH. >>=20 >=20 > Since posting I did that and was able to get an address assigned. I=20 > could even ping the address from another workstation. I thought all was= =20 > good, but as soon as I disable the 10/100 NIC everything stops working.= =20 Sounds like the traffic was probably going through your wired card. If you get the interface up again, and connected to an access point, you'll probably need to something like: su route add default ath0 and if you have a net gateway: route add default gw gateway's ip address. > If I try to boot with the 10/100 NIC set to Activate on boot, I can't=20 > get the wireless one to work.=20 How about if you dont? Does it work when you plug it in after boot? Sometime hotplugging works better than 'cold' plugging. > As a matter of fact, I've somehow gone two steps back. Right now I can't= =20 > even load the wireless NIC. When it boots I see the wireless NIC status= =20 > light go solid, but I don't see it initialize in var/log/messages and I= =20 > can't load the card with: > wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta >=20 > I get no such device, even though the ath stuff is loaded if I look at=20 > lsmod.=20 >=20 > Also, how would one uninstall madwifi if it was not installed via RPM=20 > packages? Right now I'm going to reinstall, but I might need to=20 > uninstall, then reinstall.=20 There's a script in our source repository which will uninstall the modules for you. It isn't linked in to the Makefiles yet, but will be soon. --=20 Cheers, Matt Foster <mat...@cl...> ------------------------------------ Time exists so that everything doesn't happen at once, space exists so that everything doesn't happen to you. |