Using Cisco's Aironet 350 with Zoom IG-4165

[Robert Wideman]

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Rob


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From: Jurrie Overgoor <j.m.overgoor at student.utwente.nl>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wireless-bounces+rwideman=austin.rr.com at lists.samba.org
>> [mailto:wireless-bounces+rwideman=austin.rr.com at lists.samba.org]On
>> Behalf Of Jurrie Overgoor
>> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 7:49 AM
>> To: wireless at lists.samba.org
>> Subject: Using Cisco's Aironet 350 with Zoom IG-4165
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm currently in the process of getting a RH 7.3 Linux box to
>> communicate with
>> a Zoom IG-4165 access point. The box is fitted with a Texas
>> Instruments PCI1410
>> Pc card Cardbus Controller and a Cisco Aironet 350 pcmcia card.
>> I don't have
>> that much expirience with wireless stuff, but I think I'm only
>> one step away
>> from communication...
>>
>> I didn't use the Linux driver disk that came with the pcmcia
>> card, because the
>> modules are already included in the RH 7.3 distibution. I did
>> however install
>> the wireless tools (iwconfig, iwlist, iwspy, etc.) using an RPM.
>> The Cisco
>> utillities are not of any use to me, because I don't run X, I
>> only use console
>> mode.
>>
>> The card is inserted with `cardctl insert 0`, and then
>> recognised. The module
>> airo_cs is loaded, and an attempt is made to get an ip adres
>> from the dhcp
>> server in the access point. The problem lies there: the client
>> doesn't recieve
>> a response.
>>
>> On the other hand, I do think the card is correctly set-up,
>> because /proc/driver/aironet/eth0/* gives me real-time
>> information, like the
>> signal strength...
>>
>> I know the card will work with the access point, because an
>> other computer
>> running Windoze doesn't have problems.
>>
>> So, does anyone have a clue what I should change in order to get
>> this stuff
>> working? I tried fidling with the /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts
>> script, and made
>> a /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 script myself... I
>> don't think the
>> problem lies there though...
>>
>> Please reply directly to me, as I'm not able to subscribe to the
>> mailing list.
>>
>>    --
>>    Greetz -- Jurrie
>>    j.m.overgoor at student.utwente.nl