configuring PCMCIA Wireless card Ubuntu 5.04

Carl Karsten carl at personnelware.com
Tue Aug 30 22:50:05 UTC 2005


Deep Thinker wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I have posted this before, but haven't found an answer yet. Wireless
> is the only connection possible for this system due to physical
> restraints so I kinda need to get it going.
> 
> 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.
> 
> I have 2 possible cards I can choose from
> 
> 3Com PCMCIA (3CRPAG175)
> Linksys Dual Band A+G (WPC55AG)
> 
> 
> For the 3COM ...
> 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.
> 
> 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
> 
> My router is running DHCP and all internal IPs are 10.1.1.?
> 
> I am stuck. What should my next troubleshooting step be? Where can I
> go for more info on how to solve this?
> 

Go to Starbucks.  Use there wifi to get to the login page.  That will confirm that 
your hardware is working for non-encrypted connections.

^Carl K





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