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Hrmm. I followed that wiki when I set it up originally (back when you |
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had to find kernel patches). It never used to drop my connections, |
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but seems to do so now. Definately have the use variables set up |
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properly. |
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I'm ecstatic with the performance of the BC 3150, though, it was a bit |
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of a pain at first under the new kernel (it freezes (ndiswrapper that |
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is, during modprobe) if you have kernel module unloading enabled... |
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wierd). |
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I've thought about updating the wiki a bit. IIRC, it still reflects |
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needing to track down kernel patches. |
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Thanks for the help though. |
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Justin |
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On 1/10/06, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Justin Hart <justinhart <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> > I recently upgraded my kernel to 2.6.15, enabling MPPE so I could |
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> > connect to my campus network's VPN. |
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> > I'm using pptpconfig to set up the connection. It's plain-vanilla, |
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> > name of the server and such with the require_mppe box checked. |
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> > I'm connecting via 802.11g, using ndiswrapper to by Broadcom 3150 |
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> > wireless adapter. |
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> > If I have this configuration, as it is now, on my campus network, the |
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> > connection drops after a few minutes. It also drops my wi-fi |
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> > connection. I kill dhcpcd and restart it to re-acquire an IP, and |
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> > life is good again. The wi-fi connection is stable unless I do this. |
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> from: |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Set_up_a_vpn_client_with_mppe_encryption |
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> It contains this line: |
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> You will have to install or recompile ppp with the mppe-mppc USE flag. |
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> The aforementioned wiki also has other suggestions that might be relevant |
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> to your setup,, particularly in the attached scripts. If not, consider |
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> posting a new wiki, as I have been |
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> 'tagged' to setup a gentoo laptop for a friend with secure wireless access |
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> on a university campus...... |
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> Are you happy with the performance of your BC 3150 card? |
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> Any other pc-card hardware recommnedations as it'd be nice to get one card |
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> that works well with Gentoo and winDoz on a dual-boot laptop? |
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> Lots of interlopers and curious talent on those university grounds.... |
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> hth, |
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> James |
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