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From: Jean Magnan de Bornier <jean@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wireless problem
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:40:51
Message-Id: 87psm5ydsq.fsf@bornier.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] wireless problem by Simon Prosser
1 Le 02 février à 15:55:55 Simon Prosser <admin@××××××××××××.com> écrit notamment:
2
3 | heres my /etc/conf.d/net might give you some pointers if you dont want to use
4 | dhcp...
5 >
6 | config_ath0=( "192.168.2.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.0.255" )
7 | routes_ath0=( "default gw 192.168.2.1" )
8 | essid_ath0="belkin54g"
9 | config_eth0=( "192.168.0.7" )
10 >
11 | hth...
12 >
13 | On Thursday 02 February 2006 13:14, Iain Buchanan wrote:
14 | > On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 12:49 +0100, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote:
15 | > > When I type "iwconfig" I obtain this:
16 | > >
17 | > > eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Universite Paul Cezanne"
18 | > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point:
19 | > > 00:12:DA:AE:5A:50
20 | > >
21 | > > Seems to indicate I am actually connected?
22 | >
23 | > this indicates you are associated with the AP whose mac address is
24 | > 00:12:DA:AE:5A:50
25
26 Oh! I though it was *my* mac address (flush)
27
28 | >
29 | > > But then I can't access the network (firefox doesn't find anything).
30 | >
31 | > next you have to make sure you have an ip address (ifconfig eth1) and
32 | > the necessary routing (route -n)
33 | >
34 | > dhcp should set this up for you.
35 | >
36 | > See what those two commands say for starters.
37
38 [...]
39
40 Thanks a lot Simon and Iain; I will try dhcp tomorrow morning,
41 cheers
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43 Jean
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