[lwlan-user] redhat 9 and netgear MA401

[Laura77]

Thank you very much all !
I am very sorry to bother you with my problem but I don't want to leave
Linux.
Sorry for several same messages but I made errors because of the anger.

I try to summerize my current situation.

1) Red Hat 9 (2.4.20 -8) installed on a Compaq Presario Laptop 2136EA
(Pentium IV 2,4)

2) Netgear MA 401 PCMCIA Wireless Card (802.11b) installed with Netgear
ME102 access point.

3) The access point is contected with a Prestige 645R ADSL router (I
have an ADSL connection with static IP address)

3) Appropriate RMPS packages installed from . 

4) /etc/wlan/wlancfg-DEFAULT changed in /etc/wlan/wlancfg-Wireless

5) SSID_wlan0 line in  /etc/wlan/wlan.conf file changed in
SSID_wlan0="Wireless"

Until here all ok. At this point I encountered some problems:

6) In README file says "Edit /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file to set up
your IP settings"

.... But I have not this file ! Poor me ! What a schock !

7) Then following your suggestions I made my IP settings in the file  

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcgf-wlan0

This is the current file:

DEVICE=wlan0
ONBOOT=yes
NAME=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=static                # change this to static to specify an IP
addr
IPADDR=192.168.1.2
GATEWAY=192.168.1.254
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
GATEWAYDEV=wlan0              # this is for setting default route
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=yes
PEERDNS=no                  # this lets DHCP define the DNS setup


I changed fields ONBOOT (no -> yes), BOOTPROTO (dhcp -> Static),  IPADDR
(my PCMCIA card IP address), GATEWAY (my router IP address) , PEERDNS
(yes -> no, but I am not sure about this change) and I added field NAME.

8) Then, for security ;-), I copy this file in /etc/sysconfig/networking
and /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices


SITUATION:

Good:

- Solid green on PCMCIA card

Bad:

- When I try "ping 192.168.1.2" I receive "Network unreachable"


I belive it is a problem of network configuaration. 

Other information that maybe are usefull for you trying helping me
(please !)

- result of ifconfig:

[root@laura root]# ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:27615 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:27615 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1885351 (1.7 Mb)  TX bytes:1885351 (1.7 Mb)

- result of iwconfig (what does it mean ?)

[root@laura root]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.
 
eth0      no wireless extensions.
 
wlan0     IEEE 802.11-b  ESSID:"Wireless"  Nickname:"Wireless"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437GHz  Access Point:
00:09:5B:3B:E7:95
          Bit Rate:2Mb/s   Tx-Power:2346 dBm
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:74/92  Signal level:-55 dBm  Noise level:-100 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0


-  Running redhat-config-network I see in the "Devices" tab two entries:

(tanslating from italian)


PROFILE,      STATUS,       , DEVICE, NICKNAME, TYPE

box checked , don't activate,  eth0,    eth0,     ethernet

box unchecked, don't activate, eth0,    wlan0,    ethernet


Editing the second one I see in the "General" Tab the two checked boxes

- Activate on boot
- Let all the users ...

and the part with the correct IP address.


"Route" tab is empty.

"Hardware devices" tab indicate the Fast Ethernet card eth0 ( isn't it
strange ?)


Let me know if you need other information to help me !

I am looking forward for your answers !!!

Laura