
26-Sep-2006, 08:10
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Re: wireless lan
> toddbmobile@hotmail.com wrote:
> > I have got my Broadcom wireless card set up w/ ndiswrapper and cannot
> > connect to the Internet. I can however ping my wireless router (gateway)
> > and even pull an IP from it. What I cannot do is get beyond the router. I
> > am dual booting with Windows XP pro and, I can using the same security
> > settings (WEP/WPA) connect my laptop to the Internet while in Windows. I
> > also added my router as a nameserver to the etc/resolv.conf file with no
> > effect. Is the issues related to IPv6 or something else? Below is a scren
> > shot of my wlan device after running the iwconfig in the shell. I have
> > altered my encryption key below for security reasons. I had this working
> > fine under Suse 9.3, I just cannot figure out what is the problem. Also
> > is the KDE wireless manager a good tool to use?
> >
> > IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"thewifihide68" Nickname:"Suse-linuxLT"
> > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point:
> > 00:11:50:31:CF:AB
> > Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
> > RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
> > Encryption key 82C-(my encrypiton key)-B99D-EF Security
> > mode pen
> > Power Management ff
> > Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-40 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> >
> Go to /etc/sysconfig/network
> find the ifcf* that relates to your broadcom
> add the following lines
> DHCLIENT_MODIFY_RESOLV_CONF="yes"
> DHCLIENT_SET_DEFAULT_ROUTE="yes"
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> then execute rcnetwork restart
>>>>>>>> Thank you, that did the trick.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Todd
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