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[Wirelessdriver-support] Can't connect Wallstreet G3 w/ Orinocco to Airport

[<jrc...@ma...>]

Can't seem to connect a Wallstreet Powerbook G3 wsith an Orinocco Gold 
Card to an new dual ethernet Airport base station. Running OSX1.5. Works 
fine in OS9. Have tried both a closed and an open network. Everything 
seems to install ok. Network finds the card, I go to wireless config and 
type network name, but it doesn't connect, even after a restart. Have 
been careful to go through the FAQ's and tried suggestions there, re 
static ip, etc. to no avail. Help!

Jack Connick
Jac...@Ya...

----- Results of Troubleshooting
[localhost:~] jackconn% /Volumes/WirelessDriver\ 1.0.0\ Beta\ 
4/utilities/Troubleshooting\ Info.command; exit
### kext versions

Password:
Id Refs Address    Size       Wired      Name (Version) <Linked Against>
41    2 0xf796000  0x1e000    0x1d000    com.apple.iokit.IOPCCardFamily 
(1.1.3) <14>
Id Refs Address    Size       Wired      Name (Version) <Linked Against>
50    0 0xf88d000  0xa000     0x9000     
org.noncontiguous.WirelessDriver (1.0.0b4) <14 41 43>

### system info

ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.1.5
BuildVersion:   5S60a
Darwin localhost 5.5 Darwin Kernel Version 5.5: Thu May 30 14:51:26 PDT 
2002; root:xnu/xnu-201.42.3.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC  Power Macintosh powerpc
ppc750

### wireless driver files installed

/Volumes/WirelessDriver 1.0.0 Beta 4/utilities/Troubleshooting 
Info.command: command not found: grep [15]
/Volumes/WirelessDriver 1.0.0 Beta 4/utilities/Troubleshooting 
Info.command: command not found: grep [16]
/Volumes/WirelessDriver 1.0.0 Beta 4/utilities/Troubleshooting 
Info.command: command not found: grep [17]
/Volumes/WirelessDriver 1.0.0 Beta 4/utilities/Troubleshooting 
Info.command: command not found: grep [18]
/Volumes/WirelessDriver 1.0.0 Beta 4/utilities/Troubleshooting 
Info.command: command not found: defaults [19]
/Volumes/WirelessDriver 1.0.0 Beta 4/utilities/Troubleshooting 
Info.command: command not found: grep [19]

### wirelesscard info

/Volumes/WirelessDriver 1.0.0 Beta 4/utilities/Troubleshooting 
Info.command: command not found: grep [23]
/Volumes/WirelessDriver 1.0.0 Beta 4/utilities/Troubleshooting 
Info.command: command not found: grep [24]

### network info

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,b6,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
         inet 169.254.108.29 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
         ether 00:02:2d:60:22:7f
         media: <unknown type> (DS11 <full-duplex>) status: active
         supported media: none manual autoselect DS1 <half-duplex> DS1 
<full-duplex> DS2 <half-duplex> DS2 <full-duplex> DS5 <half-duplex> DS5 
<full-duplex> DS11 <half-duplex> DS11 <full-duplex>
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,b6,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
         inet 10.0.1.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255
         ether 00:05:02:91:71:18
         media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>) status: active
         supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 
10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex>

### wd command line tool status

2002-09-29 21:53:35.596 WirelessConfig[445] Iterations: 1
Network Name: The Rory Network, successful: Y
2002-09-29 21:53:35.742 WirelessConfig[445] NO TO WEP
Network Name: The Rory Network, successful: Y
Status:
Network: The Rory Network
WEP Enabled:NO
Signal Strength:27
logout



[Process completed]

Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] No EN1 network option

[Carl E. A. <ce...@ca...>]

At 18:38 -0400 02/09/28, Heath Hurwitz wrote:
>I saw in the archive that someone asked this question a few days ago, but I
>did not see any answers.
>There is not an option to select EN1. Has anyone had this problem and found
>a solution?
>I tried reinstalling the driver, but that did not help.

No, I've not found a solution, but I want to add my voice and data to 
reporting the problem.  I'm running the latest version of Wireless 
Driver on 10.2.1, using a "bronze keyboard" G3 PowerBook, and I've 
got a WaveLAN Gold wireless card (which works very happily under 
System 9.x).

I also can't see the en1 option EXCEPT when I switch to an old 
Location configuration which I set up almost a year ago, I think, 
using an earlier version of WirelessDriver on an earlier version of 
OS X (and that worked fine).  However, the en1 option is greyed out 
when I switch to that old Location configuration and so it's 
interesting to see it there, but useless and inaccessible.

I ran the troubleshooting script on my machine the other day, and 
attach a text file with its contents.  It looks to me like script 
could find the physical card, but the driver wasn't talking to it 
rightly.

Any ideas?  I'm guessing these various "no en1 option" questions are 
stemming from a common problem for the most part, but I'm far too 
inexpert to guess what!

Cheers,
Carl

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mailto:ce...@ca...
http://www.carlaz.com/

[Wirelessdriver-support] b5 Works in 10.2

[Ryan S. <rsa...@ya...>]

There are numerous messages about the driver not working in Jaguar
10.2.  I indeed had the same problems that are being posted here (not
able to select EN1, not able to get the WirelessConfig pane to work,
etc.)  It works now though, and here is what I did.

First ran the installer for b5 without first uninstalling the version I
already had.  That didn't work.  Restart.  Nada, in fact I then had two
WirelessConfig pref panes.  Ran the uninstall script that came with b5,
and restarted (this deleted both WirelessConfig's).  Ran the b5
installer a 2nd time, and viola, I'm surfing sans wires again.

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[Wirelessdriver-support] No EN1 network option

[Heath H. <ail...@ea...>]

I saw in the archive that someone asked this question a few days ago, but I
did not see any answers.

There is not an option to select EN1. Has anyone had this problem and found
a solution?

I tried reinstalling the driver, but that did not help.

Any suggestion?

Heath

[Wirelessdriver-support] Skyline and Linksys wireless router problem

[Nesha R. <ne...@ch...>]

Need help configuring skyline card on powerbook g4 running jaguar.  In the
wireless configuration it is recognizing the router, it is showing a signal,
but I cannot connect to the internet.

The same PowerBook with Skyline card is functioning perfectly with the
Orinoco Access Point AP-500 at the separate location.  The problem seems to
be with the Linksys router, which on the other hand works fine with the PC
running windows and Orinoco gold card.  Linksys does not offer support for
Mac OSX

Anyone else having the same problem?

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Nesha

[Wirelessdriver-support] Belkin PC CARD vs Cisco Aeronet 340

[ChoMomma <cho...@at...>]

All,

	Just an FYI.  I had a Cisco Aeronet 340 with latest firmware installed 
under OS 9 on my wife's Powerbook G3 (Lombard).
It worked fine with the stock drivers from Cisco. However, the Cisco OS 
X drivers did not work at all.  The indicated that showed power to the 
card would never light under OS X.  I tried it under OS X after 
installed the drivers provided for here and still no luck, the power 
light did not show and the driver itself would not detect the card.  
So, even though I had heard on other forums that Belkin cards did not 
work on Macs at all I took a chance with one I had in my PC(behind the 
TV for playing Divx movies)..   Wouldn't you know it!   It worked just 
as I have now seen that others are having the same experience!!  I 
bought the card for $42.00 on Ebay brand-new from the Maryland Computer 
Exchange (this is by no means an AD).  Just wanted to share my 
experience with everyone here.  OS X has made all my old 
Apple/Apple-compatible equipment new to me again : )  I was able to get 
my wife on OS X wirelessly(no more lock ups or crashes.. even used 
gimp-print-4.2.2-rc3-ppc to enable printing to her Epson Stylus 600!!).

Okay that was off topic..but just couldn't help it : )

-Cho

[Wirelessdriver-support] Avaya Gold works.

[nigel k. <ni...@4t...>]

Hi there.

I've got an Avaya Wireless PC Card Gold, which Avaya don't have OS X 
drivers for, so I thought I'd check out this project.

First I downloaded the installer for 1.0.0b5, but the card didn't show 
up as a network interface.
So I grabbed the latest CVS version this morning, built the components 
and installed it. The card then showed up as a network interface, and 
the prefpane picked up the signal level properly, but I couldn't 
actually seem to connect.

Then I searched the archives... and came across someone suggesting to 
remove the "/System/Library/Extensions.kextcache" file.  This should 
probably get added to the FAQ I would think, as it solved my problem 
instantly.

Works like a dream!

And for the supported cards list, this card is working happily with 
both WEP off, and at 128bit. I don't think it supports 40bit.



cheers, and many many thanks to the developers of this project.


nigel

[Wirelessdriver-support] Belkin card

[Guy P. <gu...@at...>]

Hi,

I did not see the Belkin wireless PC card in the supported cards table, 
so I thought I would let everyone know that it seems to work (in my 
case).

I have a Powerbook G3, upgraded with a powerlogix G3/500MHz. The Airport 
network works fine, though I did not try fancy stuff like encryption yet.

Best,

Guy

[Wirelessdriver-support] Upgrade to 10.2 broke wireless, even after driver upgrade

[Dave H. <har...@ya...>]

Hello-

I recently upgraded my G4 powerbook from 10.1.5 to
10.2 (and 10.2.1), with a Lucent Orinoco Silver.

After upgradding both the OS and the driver, nothing
works.  Any ideas?  The system.log (see end) seems to
have a few things in it when I insert/remove the card,
but that is all I can figure out.  Also, I had a Cisco
Aironet 340 card installed, and it broke too, after
the upgrade.  I upgraded that software too, and it
doesn't work either!

Thanks!

 


Last login: Thu Sep 26 19:59:48 on ttyp1
/Users/hartzell/Desktop/Troubleshooting\
Info.commWelcome to Darwin!
and; exit
[Dave-Hartzells-Computer:~] hartzell%
/Users/hartzell/Desktop/Troubleshooting\ Info.command;
exit

### system info

ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.2.1
BuildVersion:   6D52
Darwin Dave-Hartzells-Computer.local. 6.1 Darwin
Kernel Version 6.1: Fri Sep  6 23:24:34 PDT 2002;
root:xnu/xnu-344.2.obj~2/RELEASE_PPC  Power Macintosh
powerpc
ppc7450

### wireless driver files installed

drwxrwxrwx    3 root  wheel   102 Mar 20  2002
WirelessDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel   102 Jul 27 13:22
IOPCCardFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin  102 Mar 20  2002
WirelessDriver PPane.prefPane
    {Path = "/Library/PreferencePanes/WirelessDriver
PPane.prefPane/"; }

### wirelesscard info

    | |             "VersionOneInfo" = ("Lucent
Technologies","WaveLAN/IEEE","V$
    | |       +-o pccard156,2@0,0  <class
IOPCCard16Device>
    | |             "IOName" = "pccard156,2"

### network info

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu
16384
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0:
flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::203:93ff:fea3:94e6%en0 prefixlen
64 scopeid 0x4 
        inet 10.1.1.136 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast
10.1.1.255
        ether 00:03:93:a3:94:e6 
        media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>)
status: active
        supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP
<half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex,hw-loopback>
10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
<full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <half-duplex>
100baseTX <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX
<full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback>
1000baseTX <full-duplex> 1000baseTX
<full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseTX
<full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseTX
<full-duplex,flow-control,hw-loopback>

### wd command line tool status

/Users/hartzell/Desktop/Troubleshooting Info.command:
WirelessConfig: command not found
logout
[Process completed]


Sep 26 20:15:18 Dave-Hartzells-Computer mach_kernel:
IOPCCard: shutting down socket 0.
Sep 26 20:15:18 Dave-Hartzells-Computer mach_kernel:
IOPCCard: calling terminate on socket 0 function 0 nub
0x2645d00.
Sep 26 20:15:18 Dave-Hartzells-Computer mach_kernel:
IOPCCard16Device: releasing socket 0 function 0 from
card services.



Sep 26 20:15:22 Dave-Hartzells-Computer mach_kernel:
IOPCCard16Device: binding socket 0 function 0 to card
services.







=====
Dave Hartzell
har...@ya...
Public PGP Key: http://obivon.nren.nasa.gov:8001/~hartzell/har...@ya...-pgpkey.txt

-- I'm a Reganought.  You figure out what it means...

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[Wirelessdriver-support] Compact Flash/PCMCIA answer

[Michael B. <mb...@zo...>]

Well, I considered whether to waste the bandwidth on this trivial 
problem that nobody seems to care about anyway but here goes  ;0)

1) I may be mistaken but in my experience the new wirelessdriver b5.1 
(unlike version b4) prevents my other PCMCIA device (a compact flash 
card and adapter) from being recognized like it once was, and mounting 
automatically onto the desktop. At first I saw this as a problem 
because I had overlooked the following obvious solutions that became 
apparent after a little more patience and attention:

2) Apple's download utility which launches automatically when the card 
is inserted and recognized does allow me to select individual pictures 
for download, solving one of my concerns. (Plus you get a thumbnail 
preview besides!)

3) The embarrasingly simple answer to graciously ejecting the 
'invisible' card is that it shows up just fine in a finder window, and 
you can eject it from there.

Thanks for the wireless driver. It works flawlessly!
--Michael Bovee

[Wirelessdriver-support] Success with Linksys WPC-11, but no WEP

[Joe C. <li...@ch...>]

Hi all,

I just tried the driver using my Linksys setup, both router and PC 
card.  The card works fine, but WEP does not.

Card: WPC-11
Access Point: BEFW11S4 v2
Macheen: Powerbook G3/500 Pismo running OS 10.2.1

Joe
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webdesigner      pgp - http://www.chellman.org/pgp_key.txt

Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] Belkin pcmcia card

[vix <ne...@ka...>]

> Fry=B9s has a Netgear PCMCIA wireless card for $49 (after a $10 rebate). I
> bought it for a Thinkpad but I=B9m assuming it would also work on a Powerbo=
ok
> with the current version of the wireless driver, right?
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Check it out... CompUSA has an AWESOME deal on the Belkin 802.11 pcmcia c=
ard.
> Retail is around 80, they have a $20 price break and then a $20 mail in
> rebate... 40 bucks for a wireless card??? Not bad! But, therein lies the
> problem... NO DRIVER SUPPORT! ACK! Belkin has driver support for their
> wireless routers, so wtf? Why not have them for Mac? Oh wait, thats right=
,
> they are a third rate company who has a specific agreement with Apple Sto=
res
> to carry their products yet CAN'T WRITE DECENT DRIVERS FOR THE LIFE OF TH=
EM!!
> Anyway, enough complaining, if one of you crazy developers out there can =
get
> this card to work, you have my blessing and some moolah via paypal for th=
e
> badass who gets it working! ;-) Thats a promise.
> Thanks!
>=20

[Wirelessdriver-support] Belkin pcmcia card

[<Mi...@ao...>]

Check it out... CompUSA has an AWESOME deal on the Belkin 802.11 pcmcia card. 
Retail is around 80, they have a $20 price break and then a $20 mail in 
rebate... 40 bucks for a wireless card??? Not bad! But, therein lies the 
problem... NO DRIVER SUPPORT! ACK! Belkin has driver support for their 
wireless routers, so wtf? Why not have them for Mac? Oh wait, thats right, 
they are a third rate company who has a specific agreement with Apple Stores 
to carry their products yet CAN'T WRITE DECENT DRIVERS FOR THE LIFE OF THEM!! 
Anyway, enough complaining, if one of you crazy developers out there can get 
this card to work, you have my blessing and some moolah via paypal for the 
badass who gets it working! ;-) Thats a promise. 
Thanks!

[Wirelessdriver-support] Signal from basestation but no joy

[<sj...@ma...>]

Hi,

I'm running a 667 TI powerbook on OS 10.2.1 and have installed the 
wireless driver for 10.2.
Had to install from individual packages to get to the EN2 configuration
Got the WEP from the basestation running 4.06 firmware  using an old 
ibook running OS 9.2.2 via direct cable.
Get good signal from basestation, but not recognized by software 
(mail/browser). What am I doing wrong...
PC card is Orinoco Gold (lucent)

Thanks
Steven

Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] CompactFlash/PCMCIA not mounted under 5.1?

[Michael B. <mb...@zo...>]

Stefan, thanks for your reply.
I'm nervous about messing with my functioning wireless setup, but here 
goes:
I ran the un-installer and before rebooting tried the Compact 
Flash/PCMCIA (hereafter = CF) card. It did not mount as a drive. I 
rebooted to let the uninstaller finish any 'business' and still the CF 
card does not mount to the desktop. I am away from my wireless zone at 
home, so I cannot tell if the uninstaller indeed removed files needed 
for a wireless connection,but I assume it did.  Reinstalling should get 
me back in (wireless) business, right?  :0/

On Monday, September 23, 2002, at 05:20  PM, Stefan Huy wrote:
> Now, that's interesting. I had problems with an IDE PC-Card, but 
> thought
> it was be a bug in Jaguar.1.
> I'll check whether uninstalling the wireless driver will help.
> Is everything working fine after you uninstall the wireless driver?
> -Stefan
>
>> Michael Bovee wrote:
>> Ever since updating to the 5.1 driver on my PBG3 Lombard -- when I
>> mount my Compact Flash card from my digital camera (through a PCMCIA
>> card adapter) the wireless driver seems to take over and assumes that
>> the device is my PCMCIA Orinoco card: the (wireless) menubar icon 
>> shows up, and
>> the CF card no longer mounts onto the desktop like it 'should' and I
>> can't gracefully eject the card.

Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] CompactFlash/PCMCIA not mounted under 5.1?

[Stefan H. <Ste...@t-...>]

Now, that's interesting. I had problems with an IDE PC-Card, but thought
it was be a bug in Jaguar.1.
I'll check whether uninstalling the wireless driver will help.
Is everything working fine after you uninstall the wireless driver?

-Stefan

>Hi all,
>A while back I mentioned an incidental problem with the 5.1 driver to 
>which I don't think anyone has responded.  I bring it up again since it 
>may have gone unnoticed as it was at the bottom of an email with a 
>separate subject line:
>
>Ever since updating to the 5.1 driver on my PBG3 Lombard -- when I 
>mount my Compact Flash card from my digital camera (through a PCMCIA 
>card adapter) the wireless driver seems to take over and assumes that 
>the device is my PCMCIA Orinoco card: the menubar icon shows up, and 
>the flash card no longer mounts onto the desktop like it 'should' and I 
>cant gracefully eject the card.
>
>Is this a limitation of the new wireless driver (version 4 seemed to 
>leave my camera card alone) or maybe I've misconfigured something? Once 
>5.1 came out I thought I needed it for functionality with Jaguar, but 
>others seem to have success with the instructions for modifying version 
>4, which I think I have saved somewhere. Maybe I could go back to 
>version 4 under OS 10.2?
>
>(The OS X built-in photo-download-utility-thingy does come up asking if 
>I want to download pictures, but this only allows crude manipulation of 
>ALL pictures, and I like to be able to scan through them first as on a 
>separately mounted drive. Plus there's the problem of not being able to 
>properly unmount and eject the compact flash/PCMCIA card...)
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>As always, thanks to the developers and list members who generously 
>donate their time and expertise to helping folks like me!  :0)
>
>
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[Wirelessdriver-support] CompactFlash/PCMCIA not mounted under 5.1?

[Michael B. <mb...@zo...>]

Hi all,
A while back I mentioned an incidental problem with the 5.1 driver to 
which I don't think anyone has responded.  I bring it up again since it 
may have gone unnoticed as it was at the bottom of an email with a 
separate subject line:

Ever since updating to the 5.1 driver on my PBG3 Lombard -- when I 
mount my Compact Flash card from my digital camera (through a PCMCIA 
card adapter) the wireless driver seems to take over and assumes that 
the device is my PCMCIA Orinoco card: the menubar icon shows up, and 
the flash card no longer mounts onto the desktop like it 'should' and I 
cant gracefully eject the card.

Is this a limitation of the new wireless driver (version 4 seemed to 
leave my camera card alone) or maybe I've misconfigured something? Once 
5.1 came out I thought I needed it for functionality with Jaguar, but 
others seem to have success with the instructions for modifying version 
4, which I think I have saved somewhere. Maybe I could go back to 
version 4 under OS 10.2?

(The OS X built-in photo-download-utility-thingy does come up asking if 
I want to download pictures, but this only allows crude manipulation of 
ALL pictures, and I like to be able to scan through them first as on a 
separately mounted drive. Plus there's the problem of not being able to 
properly unmount and eject the compact flash/PCMCIA card...)

Any suggestions?

As always, thanks to the developers and list members who generously 
donate their time and expertise to helping folks like me!  :0)

[Wirelessdriver-support] Printing in OS X

[Brady V. <bra...@ma...>]

Joe (and anyone else),

I am searching for the same answer--printing to ABS in OS X. WS Powerbook
with Orinoco Silver card and Apple 4/600 LW connected to ABS via ethernet
with Farallon adapter. Everything works great in OS 9 and I can access the
internet through the Airport modem in OS X. Not able to figure out printing
in OS X. Printing is the only reason I've not jumped to X. Help greatly
appreciated. Brady

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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Re: SMC wireless card support? (Aaron Egier)
> 2. Getting WEP key from software base station (Michael Prigge)
> 3. How to print to ethernet printer? (Joe Lorek)
> 4. whats the best card to buy right now (Farhad Pocha)
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 16:39:44 -0400
> From: Aaron Egier <ac...@al...>
> To: wir...@li...
> Subject: [Wirelessdriver-support] Re: SMC wireless card support?
> 
> On Saturday, September 21, 2002, at 03:14  PM,
> wir...@li... wrote:
> 
>> Tried a SMC (2632W) wireless card, good signal but no internet
>> content, and the EN1 doesn't show. All expectable. I know that most
>> SMC products are not supported for the Mac. But I use a SMC Wireless
>> Access Point (2655) which works fine in a Mac and Mac/Windows
>> environment, and was curious to test that SMC wireless card.
> 
> I have the SMC2632W and it works fine in my Wallstreet with 10.2. I
> actually bought the card with the PCI adapter, but I took the adapter
> off, plugged it into my powerbook and the driver worked the first time.
> I can't get WEP to work though.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 16:49:11 -0400
> From: Michael Prigge <pr...@um...>
> To: wir...@li...
> Subject: [Wirelessdriver-support] Getting WEP key from software base station
> 
> I have been able to use the WirelessDriver with my TiBook/400 and an
> Orinoco Gold card to connect to my desktop running Software Base
> Station.  I have not been able to use 128-bit encryption because I
> don't know how to get the WEP key from the Software Base Station (I
> believe the FAQ only deals with actual basestations).  Any ideas?
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 01:46:46 -0400
> From: Joe Lorek <jl...@li...>
> To: <wir...@li...>
> Subject: [Wirelessdriver-support] How to print to ethernet printer?
> 
> Can someone please tell me how I might print to my laser printer, which is
> connected via ethernet to my airport. My Lombard PB is using a SkyLine
> (Farallon) card and the beta 5 driver with OS 10.2.1. I've seen the group
> refer to printing via TCP/IP, but I don't know how to do it. Thanks.
> Joe
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 06:54:23 -0400
> From: Farhad Pocha <po...@mc...>
> To: wir...@li...
> Subject: [Wirelessdriver-support] whats the best card to buy right now
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm in the market for a 802.11b PC card for use with my PowerBook G4.
> Unfortunately, the airport card cuts out at approx 30 feet, because of
> the poor antennas and metal casing in the computer, so an apple rep
> suggested this website.
> 
> So before i go out and buy a card, i'd like to know if anyone has
> suggestions on which card works best with the open source drivers (and
> supports 128-bit WEP). Also, i'd like to know how compatible the
> drivers are with OSX 10.2.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Farhad.
> 
> 
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> 
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Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] whats the best card to buy right now

[Farhad P. <po...@mc...>]

Thanks a lot Charly,

I was on the phone with Apple, and they confirmed that one of my 
antennas are probably not giving a strong enough signal. However, the 
rep also suggested I don't bother with the Airport card and go for a 
PC-card solution (after he told me that this was not recommended or 
supported by apple), because having the antenna repaired still wouldn't 
do much for the signal strength. The problem with the PowerBook G4's 
antennas is that they are poorly positioned and of course being 
enclosed in a titanium shell doesn't really help. Apparently this has 
been improved in the later model PowerBooks (mines a first generation) 
but the bottom line is that if i want to use the internet at a greater 
range, a third party card or a retrofitted antenna would be the most 
viable solutions, as this puts the antenna outside the computer's metal 
case.

Anyways, hope this info helps someone,

Thanks again,

Farhad.


On Sunday, Sep 22, 2002, at 20:44 Canada/Eastern, Charly Avital wrote:

> Hi,
>
> to the best of my understanding (I might be wrong) the current beta_5 
> driver doesn't support WEP.
>
> I use a Farallon SkyLine 11mbps, with an Access Point from SMC, and am 
> quite satisfied with both.
>
> I'm not sure there is such a thing as "best card". I believe they are 
> all alike more or less.
>
> The effective distance depends on a number of factors:
> - I understand that the AirPort card in your PB G4 is located under 
> the keyboard, and that's not an ideal solution, but it should not cut 
> at 30 feet.
> Anyway, the PB should not be resting on a metallic, or metallic-like 
> surface.
> - the location of the Airport Station (if that's what you use) can be 
> critical. It should be, ideally, as high as possible in your house, 
> and not shielded by metallic surfaces, or by walls containing metallic 
> rods.
> - the vicinity of pulse emitting devices (TV sets, microwave ovens, 
> you name it you have it) doesn't contribute to good and clean wireless 
> propagation.
>
> - all this, of course, makes for a lot of ideal and not ideal 
> conditions, and one has to face realities.
>
> Other users in this list have reported good results with Orinoco, SMC 
> and other cards which I do not remember at the moment.
>
> I'm sure you will get more information from other users.
>
> Take care,
> Charly
>
>
> At 6:54 AM -0400 9/22/02, Farhad Pocha wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm in the market for a 802.11b PC card for use with my PowerBook G4.
>> Unfortunately, the airport card cuts out at approx 30 feet, because of
>> the poor antennas and metal casing in the computer, so an apple rep
>> suggested this website.
>>
>> So before i go out and buy a card, i'd like to know if anyone has
>> suggestions on which card works best with the open source drivers (and
>> supports 128-bit WEP). Also, i'd like to know how compatible the
>> drivers are with OSX 10.2.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Farhad.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Farhad Pocha
>> ===========
>> po...@mc...
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] whats the best card to buy right now

[Charly A. <sha...@ma...>]

Hi,

to the best of my understanding (I might be wrong) the current beta_5 driver doesn't support WEP.

I use a Farallon SkyLine 11mbps, with an Access Point from SMC, and am quite satisfied with both.

I'm not sure there is such a thing as "best card". I believe they are all alike more or less.

The effective distance depends on a number of factors:
- I understand that the AirPort card in your PB G4 is located under the keyboard, and that's not an ideal solution, but it should not cut at 30 feet.
Anyway, the PB should not be resting on a metallic, or metallic-like surface.
- the location of the Airport Station (if that's what you use) can be critical. It should be, ideally, as high as possible in your house, and not shielded by metallic surfaces, or by walls containing metallic rods.
- the vicinity of pulse emitting devices (TV sets, microwave ovens, you name it you have it) doesn't contribute to good and clean wireless propagation.

- all this, of course, makes for a lot of ideal and not ideal conditions, and one has to face realities.

Other users in this list have reported good results with Orinoco, SMC and other cards which I do not remember at the moment.

I'm sure you will get more information from other users.

Take care,
Charly


At 6:54 AM -0400 9/22/02, Farhad Pocha wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm in the market for a 802.11b PC card for use with my PowerBook G4. 
>Unfortunately, the airport card cuts out at approx 30 feet, because of 
>the poor antennas and metal casing in the computer, so an apple rep 
>suggested this website.
>
>So before i go out and buy a card, i'd like to know if anyone has 
>suggestions on which card works best with the open source drivers (and 
>supports 128-bit WEP). Also, i'd like to know how compatible the 
>drivers are with OSX 10.2.
>
>Thanks a lot,
>
>Farhad.
>
>
>--
>Farhad Pocha
>===========
>po...@mc...
>
>
>
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[Wirelessdriver-support] Linksys WPC11 card

[Paul P. <pa...@pr...>]

Looking back through the archives I guess there was an issue with 
Linksys cards changing their identification codes or something. Here's 
what I see:

"VersionOneInfo" = ("Instant Wireless "," Network PC CARD","Version 
01.02","")

Here's what I see in CVS ( 
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/wirelessdriver/WirelessDriver/nuWireless/WirelessDriver2/WirelessDriver2.pbproj/project.pbxproj?rev=1.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup 
):


		<key>Linksys WPC11</key>
		<dict>
...			<key>VersionOneInfo</key>
			<array>
				<string>The Linksys Group, Inc.</string>
				<string>Instant Wireless Network PC Card</string>
				<string>ISL37300P</string>
			</array>
		</dict>

Is this why my card doesn't work? (doesn't show up in ifconfig?)

Here's the full output of the troubleshooting script:

~/bin> ./Troubleshooting\ Info.command

### system info

ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.2
BuildVersion:   6C115
Darwin PaulPrescod.local. 6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 6.0: Sat Jul 27 
13:18:52 PDT 2002; root:xnu/xnu-344.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC  Power Macintosh 
powerpc
ppc7450

### wireless driver files installed

drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel   102 Jan  1  1970 WirelessDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel   102 Jul 27 13:22 IOPCCardFamily.kext
         Path = "/Library/PreferencePanes/WirelessDriver PPane.prefPane";

### wirelesscard info

     | |             "VersionOneInfo" = ("Instant Wireless "," Network 
PC CARD","Version 01.02","")
     | |       +-o pccard156,2@0,0  <class IOPCCard16Device>
     | |             "IOName" = "pccard156,2"

### network info

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
         inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
         inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
         inet6 fe80::203:93ff:fe9b:6294%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
         inet 192.168.0.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
         ether 00:03:93:9b:62:94
         media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>) status: active
         supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 
10baseT/UTP <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 
10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX 
<half-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX 
<full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseTX <full-duplex> 1000baseTX 
<full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 
1000baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control,hw-loopback>

### wd command line tool status

2002-09-22 17:42:40.803 WirelessConfig[508] Iterations: 0
WirelessDriver: Couldn't find a WirelessDriver service in registry - is 
the card loaded?
Usage - WirelessConfig [-showstatus] or WirelessConfig [-showstatus] 
<-netname <network>> [-wepkey <key>] [-keyslot <slot>]
  -netname <name>     Sets the network name - enclose in double quotes
                       if your network contains a space.

  -wepkey <hex key>   Sets your network key, if ommited the network is
                       assumed to not have wep.

  -keyslot <[1-4]>    Sets which keyslot to have your key in. If
                       ommited keyslot 1 is assumed.

  -status             Prints out the network information, includes
                       signal strength.

  -writeprefs         Writes out the options to the preference file in 
                     ~/Library/Preferences/org.noncontinuous.wirelessdriver

With no options set or just the status, WirelessConfig will look for the 
preferences made by the preference pane in 
~/Library/Preferences/org.noncontinuous.WirelessDriver.

Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] How to print to ethernet printer?

[Jonathan L. @ T. F. <jon...@th...>]

on 9/22/02 12:46 AM, Joe Lorek at jl...@li... wrote:

> Can someone please tell me how I might print to my laser printer, which i=
s
> connected via ethernet to my airport. My Lombard PB is using a SkyLine
> (Farallon) card and the beta 5 driver with OS 10.2.1. I've seen the group
> refer to printing via TCP/IP, but I don't know how to do it. Thanks.
> Joe
>=20
Hi Joe,

    I've managed to get this to work on my hybrid wireless-ethernet network
here. Find out your printer's IP address. Enter it manually into the printe=
r
if you have to.
    Next, select PRINT in whatever app you're working in.
    In the widow that opens, select Edit Printer List.
    In here, click the Add button. Select IP Printing. Enter your printer's
IP address. Choose the sort of printer you're printing to.
    And that should put you in business.

Hope this helps --=20

  Jonathan Lyons
_________________________
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experience."

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gives it a two-fisted knuckloid sandwich in the kisser. ... This mix of
James Ellroy via William Gibson is fun, raucous stuff."

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[Wirelessdriver-support] whats the best card to buy right now

[Farhad P. <po...@mc...>]

Hi,

I'm in the market for a 802.11b PC card for use with my PowerBook G4. 
Unfortunately, the airport card cuts out at approx 30 feet, because of 
the poor antennas and metal casing in the computer, so an apple rep 
suggested this website.

So before i go out and buy a card, i'd like to know if anyone has 
suggestions on which card works best with the open source drivers (and 
supports 128-bit WEP). Also, i'd like to know how compatible the 
drivers are with OSX 10.2.

Thanks a lot,

Farhad.


--
Farhad Pocha
===========
po...@mc...

[Wirelessdriver-support] How to print to ethernet printer?

[Joe L. <jl...@li...>]

Can someone please tell me how I might print to my laser printer, which is
connected via ethernet to my airport. My Lombard PB is using a SkyLine
(Farallon) card and the beta 5 driver with OS 10.2.1. I've seen the group
refer to printing via TCP/IP, but I don't know how to do it. Thanks.
Joe

[Wirelessdriver-support] Getting WEP key from software base station

[Michael P. <pr...@um...>]

I have been able to use the WirelessDriver with my TiBook/400 and an 
Orinoco Gold card to connect to my desktop running Software Base 
Station.  I have not been able to use 128-bit encryption because I 
don't know how to get the WEP key from the Software Base Station (I 
believe the FAQ only deals with actual basestations).  Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike