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Date:  Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:47:14 -0800
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From:  Jim Showalter <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Wlan, wired and wireless connections

Well, I finally got my wireless connection working correctly, but it is 
not an optimum solution if I need to change, as it doesn't use xwlan.

Since MPTS crashes when I try to use IBMPRISM, I have to manually edit 
protocol.ini and ibmlan.ini and config.sys.  I now have both my wired 
and wireless drivers listed in config.sys.  I have one ibmlan.ini which 
is set for one net only.  I have two protocol.ini files, one with .wrd 
for the wired nic and one with .wls for the wireless nic.  Before 
shutting down, I have to determine which nic I will be using next boot, 
and copy the .wrd or .wls version to protocol.ini, if necessary.  I will 
make a script that I can access from an alt-f1 command line to copy the 
one I want at boot, to save the pain of a double boot if I get caught 
off guard.

The only way I could get the wireless nic to work correctly is to place 
all of the SSID and WEP information in the protocol.ini file (I use 
wep128 security on my Linksys WRT54G router, and SSID broadcast is off). 
  Without that in the .ini file and having it defined in xwlan, I could 
connect to the linksys, but many web pages wouldn't load, I could not 
send mail, and peer wouldn't work.

In this configuration, my browser has no problems with any web page, 
send mail works, and my peer network is alive and well.

As I said, it's not optimal, but it works.  It has taken way too much 
time to get to this point, so I will not try to work on improving it for 
a while.

Thanks to everyone who made recommendations and suggestions.  You guys 
are great.


-- 
Jim Showalter
"...the Greater Good and the Greater Profit
are not compatible aims..."
Yann Martel, "Life of Pi"
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