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Date:  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:33:54 -0700 (EDT)
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From:  "Thomas Garson" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Stumped by TCP/IP with Prism mini-pci WiFi in Thinkpad A31

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:17:03 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>Thomas, what pings have you tried? Can you ping the hardwired box? The 
>LAN side of your router? The WAN side? Try an ifconfig lan0 from the 
>prompt, and make sure that you do indeed have your static IP and subnet 
>mask showing. try pinging the local workstation, both through the 
>loopback and the static address you've set. These should help us 
>determine where the problem lies.
>
>Finally, one more thought: Is your wired ethernet controller in the A31 
>configured?

>Thomas Garson wrote:
>>When I reboot and start the WiFiState utility, it tells me that I am connected at 11Mb/sec. Hooray.
>>
>>BUT, I can't access the internet. No pings. Nothing.
>> 
>>I have not yet loaded any other networking hardware drivers.
>> 
>>It's really frustrating, because I know its just out of my reach. The network hook is in the A31, I just can't touch 
it.
>> 
>>What am I missing, besides a bit more hair?

Lewis,

I figured out what was happening last night. DUH! User error, as us(er)ual. I missed the part of the readme for the 
drivers that said to preface the encryption string with 0x if hex encoding is used. Once I corrected that, 
everything else fell into place.

In my defence, I was confused by the fact that the WiFiState utility comes up and indicates a valid connection, 
even if there is no "logical" connection. Some sort of error message indicating an invalid password was used 
would really be desireable here. As a result, I was "fooled" into thinking I had set it up properly.

Thanks for your response. I understand that you are the drivers author. Other than that issue, the install and 
subsequent setup went fairly smoothly, and it works really well. Good work.

Thanks,

Thomas Garson
Aural Technology, Ashland, Or.
tgarson@auraltek.com

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