[lwlan-user] redhat 9 and netgear MA401

[Andy Osborne]

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Laura77 wrote:

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

should be /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-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

should be NETWORK=192.168.1.0

> BROADCAST=192.168.0.255

should be BROADCAST=192.168.1.255

> GATEWAYDEV=wlan0              # this is for setting default route
> TYPE=Ethernet
> USERCTL=yes
> PEERDNS=no                  # this lets DHCP define the DNS setup
> 
> 
> 
> - When I try "ping 192.168.1.2" I receive "Network unreachable"
> 
> 
> I belive it is a problem of network configuaration. 
> 


You can also issue the command (as root)

ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255

then

route add -net default gw 192.168.1.254

this will manually set up the adaptor.

Andy