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Date:  Mon, 07 Nov 2005 10:56:44 -0500
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From:  madodel <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Problem with new XWLan 2.0 (Oh and BTW, GenMac 1.0 is out)

Jeroen Besse wrote:
> On 11/7/05, madodel@ptdprolog.net <madodel@ptdprolog.net> wrote:
>> First off for anyone not on the VOICE News list (and why aren't you if you
>> are interested in news about OS/2-eComStation?).  The legendary GenMac
>> wrapper driver has been released on Netlabs.
>>
>>  ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/genmac/genmac100.zip
>>
>> This driver loads on my T42p with an Intel 2100b mini-PCI.  But it is not
>> recognized by XWLan 1.2.  So back to Netlabs where I found XWLan 2.0.
>> ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wlan/xwlan200.zip  This recognizes the Intel
>> 2100, but it is missing the TCP/IP page in the properties, and I can't get
>> out to the internet.  So its a catch 22, GenMac loads, but doesn't work
>> with XWLan 1.2 which allows me to setup TCP/IP, but though it is
>> recognized by XWLan 2.0, there is no TCP/IP page to configure it.  There
>> is a mention in the WLAN INF file that there may be problems installing
>> over a previous version, but the link in that INF file is broken, so I
>> don't know how to uninstall the previous version.  I deleted all the
>> plugin XWLan files, but it still finds the Profile settings from before.
>> Anyone able to give me a clue as to what I am missing here?  One other
>> thing I noticed is that when I install XWLan 2.0 into eCenter my battery
>> widget stops working.
>>
>> Mark
> 
> I've noticed an issue with wxlan 2.0 too, but with the IBMprism
> driver. It does connect to my access point, however then th IP address
> is disabled. Can't enable it.
>>From the command prompt, I configured the interface (ifconfig lan0
> [ip-address] netmask [netmask] // route add default [def-gw]). Then,
> the link works. However, it's still disabled according to wxlan.
> 
> I've written about this in the netlabs wlan list (through gmane),
> which I can't read from here (I think). I hope to see an answer
> tonight.
> 

I tried replying to your post on the wlan forum but neither Pronews or web 
interface seem to work for me.  Is there a TCP/IP page in your xWlan properties 
notebook?  There is none here.

Mark


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