Help with Configuring the wireless interface.

[slokana at imap4.asu.edu]

Hello,

          I am a newbie to the wireless world of linux. so far i have been able
to install the orinoco card with the patched pcmcia_cs_3.2 package to use the
card in monitor mode. The card gets detected properly but i still cant get to
the network.

When i run the test scripts in the debug_tools directory of the pcmcia_cs
package, i get this message "The interface is not configured!". I have all the
necessary settings in place in the network.opts file. But why am i still getting
this message? What else needs to be done to configure the interface? 

Thanks for any advice!
-Sumanth.

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here is the messages from the test scripts.

[root at TECH212Work debug-tools]# ./test_network 
PCMCIA network settings are coming from linuxconf.

Checking network interface eth1 (orinoco_cs driver):

  Kernel messages for eth1:
  eth1: Station identity 001f:0001:0006:0010
  eth1: Looks like a Lucent/Agere firmware version 6.16
  eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
  eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
  eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
  eth1: MAC address 00:02:2D:2F:67:69
  eth1: Station name "HERMES I"
  eth1: ready
  eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f

  Current ifconfig settings:
  eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:2D:2F:67:69
            BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 
            RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
            Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100 

  The interface is not configured!

[root at TECH212Work debug-tools]# ./test_setup 

Current kernel: 2.4.19 #2 SMP Sat Aug 10 15:07:34 MST 2002

Using /lib/modules/2.4.19/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o:
  "Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.2.0
  options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] [pnp]"

Startup options (from /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia):
  PCMCIA=yes
  PCIC=i82365
  PCIC_OPTS=
  CORE_OPTS=
  CARDMGR_OPTS=
  SCHEME=any


Module status:
  The PCMCIA kernel modules are loaded correctly.

Daemon status:
  cardmgr is running (process 673)

Current socket status (from /var/lib/pcmcia/stab):
  Socket 0: empty
  Socket 1:  Lucent Technologies WaceLAN/IEEE Adapter
  1	network	orinoco_cs	0	eth1