Feisty wireless with orinoco

[Kim Goldenberg]

Bruce Badger wrote:
> I have an update on this.  As I type I am using the same Thinkpad T21
> with the same Orinoco wireless card and everything is working as I
> would expect ... I'm doing this under Knoppix 5.1.0.
>
> Both Ubuntu and Knoppix are Debian derivative distros, so whatever is
> causing the problem for me under Feisty must be fixable.
>
> I mentioned that I have worked through the troubleshooting guide:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide
>
> ...and everything seems fine with the orinoco card in Feisty except
> it's just not getting any data to send (as reported by wavemon).  The
> card is just not being used as an ethernet interface by Feisty even
> through the drivers report everything is good.
>
> Are there any diagnostic actions I can take beyond those in the
> troubleshooting guide?
>
> Many thanks,
>     Bruce
>   
I recently got an older laptop (Dell CPx) from a friend, and installed 
Feisty on it to replace the SuSE 9.3 on it. Dropped in my Avaya wireless 
card and put in my WEP key and up it came. The only problem right now is 
that it seems to forget the key between reboots. I'm just using the 
default programs that come with Ubuntu. As far as I know, wavemon is not 
part of the  default install.

Kim