On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 6:37 AM, lee.weihong <> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I spent a day trying to set up the wireless network for my TS-7800 but
> failed to do so. Specifically, I can't connect and get an IP address.
>
> I am using a Aztech WL230USB adapter, and the driver CD had some
> source code for the linux driver, but it threw up a lot of errors. In
> desperation, I modified the kernel source code for the zd1211rw driver
> to add in my own usb_id and rebuilt the modules.
>
> Now, it sorta works, and "iwconfig eth1 mode managed essid myhome" gives:
> :/# iwconfig
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"myhome" Nickname:"zd1211"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point:
> 00:1D:7E:31:1D:AA
> Bit Rate=24 Mb/s
> Encryption key:off
> Link Quality:0/100 Signal level:67/100 Noise level:0/0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> now, "ifup eth1" shows that pump fails to return an IP address.
>
> I am a windows person, so setting up this wireless card is new for me,
> maybe I have missed something in the process, but my Linksys router
> did not show a "zd1211" connected to it. But I want to see if I am on
> the right track, after all, I merely added my usb_id to the source
> code to force the driver to recognise my network adapter. (BTW, I am
> using the latest TS version, since I recall the TS people has fixed
> pump recently)
>
> Any comments are appreciated. Thanks
Well... your radio seems to succesfully attach to the AP, so you're
almost there. I'm not familiar with pump (which I guess is similar to
udhcpc), but I would expect it has some kind of debug or verbose
parameter. Try starting the interface manually, i.e. without ifup.
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