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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > I have typed ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 and ping does not work
>
> Either the ping is not getting to the target or there
> is nothing active at the target end to return the ping.
>
> > route default gw 192.168.1.1 which did not help.

Windows set this as the default gateway.  Is not the default gateway the 
computer whose wireless signal I am trying to pick up?  Windows also set 
the local IP number to the same thing but ending in .103 so I tried 
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.102 (and 1.2).

> There is no point doing that until ping works.
>
> > dhcp - Sending discover (over and over)
>
> dhcp is a substitute for ifconfig eth0 [address].
> You don't do both.

I thought ifconfig eth0 assigned an IP number to MY computer, and dhcp 
would detect the IP number of a potential gateway (which Windows said was 
192.168.1.1), which I would then assign using route add default gw 
192.168.1.1.  Similarly to my own wired network, where I could ping 
www.grex.org and it worked.

> > ping www.grex.org - Unknown host.
>
> You should ping a numerical address, not a hostname
> (unless the hostname is in /etc/hosts).

I could not ping 192.168.1.1 either, just my own IP number.

People at my local bbs are trying to help and said I need supplicant 
software and SSID (network name - of my local network, or what I am trying 
to connect to, and what is the MY_PC?) and either DHCP or the IP number of 
the gateway.  And at the library, also WEP or WPA key (which they will 
give me - what would I do with it?).

Your sample module setup was for ad-hoc mode, using two wireless computers 
as a network without access point the same way as wired ones with 
crossover cable.  Did you assign a default gw if you used this method?  I 
would need to put ext2 linux on the desktop to try this (or get Win98 to 
work with the PCMCIA adapter there)..

> Cheers,
> Steven

Time to read the wireless howto, but they usually do things in a much more 
complicated way so as to automate it.  Your pcmcia setup requires fewer 
files.

Sindi