getting 3Com wireless to work

[Deep Thinker]

On 8/23/05, Christoph Georgi <christoph.georgi at web.de> wrote:
> i'd first try to set up the wireless without encryption.. have a look
> through the troubleshoot guide at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WiFiTroubleshooting. maybe you can limit the
> problem..

Thanks for the link.

The output of iwconfig Shows my Access Point MAC address as
FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (which we all know is incorrect).

I cannot turn off the encryption on the access point, since I am at
work and that would be too risky.


'dmesg' shows 

IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
ath0: no IPv6 routers present

Is this the problem?

What should my next troubleshooting step be?




Original issue ...
> Deep Thinker wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > This is my first posting to the list.
> >
> > I am running ubuntu 5.04 on a Gateway Profile 2.
> >
> > The only thing I can't seem to get configured is my Wireless card.
> >
> >
> > 3Com PCMCIA (3crpag175)
> >
> >
> > under SYSTEM>ADMINISTRATION>NETWORKING the card is listed and the
> > station says "The interface ath0 is active." I have put in my ESSID
> > and my 128 bit encryption key. The card is blinking and looks like it
> > is trying to do something. But I cannot connect to the Internet or any
> > local resource.
> >
> > Where should I begin to look to troubleshoot this issue?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks