Thread: [Ndiswrapper-general] Re: Ndiswrapper-general digest, Vol 1 #432 - 7 msgs
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From: Jeff S. <jef...@ya...> - 2004-08-21 04:42:34
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> Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:38:41 +0000 > From: James Whitt <phi...@gm...> > Reply-To: James Whitt <phi...@gm...> > To: ndi...@li... > Subject: [Ndiswrapper-general] question on essid > > I know from the faq that the essid will not be > displayed in iwconfig > unless the wireless card has associated itself with > an access point. > In a previous message (that can't seem to find right > now) someone said > that you needed to make sure that the ap is > broadcasting the essid and > to scan for the ap to help out. Is it required for > the ap to be > broadcasting the essid for the local card to connect > to it? I'm > asking this because I'm still having difficulty > connecting my card to > my schools network which does not broadcast it's > essid. I have a linksys wpc54g and I connect fine to my schools aps if I set the key first. My school (UNM) does not brodcast there essid either. Im using slackware 10 kernel 2.6.8 and ndiswrapper 0.9 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail |