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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 14:12:56 est5edt
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From:  "Carl Gehr" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: OS/2 Wireless Users List: MPTS and wireless NIC

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 10:55:48 est5edt, Neil Waldhauer wrote:

>Now that I have the wireless NIC working, I'm going to have to get both the
>built-in NIC and the wireless NIC to work together.
>
>For my first test, I just changed the built-in Intel NIC driver to the AmbiCom
>Prism driver, and all went well. Should I configure the wireless NIC as a
>second NIC?
>
>I want to use DHCP on whichever NIC gets a network. How can I configure that?
>
>Neil

Great comments and questions, Neil.  I have experienced similar items. 
But, let me provide some specific details that may encourage more
detailed responses from those who are *know* what is correct.

First, the specific configuration that I am trying to make operational:
* TPad A30p built-in:
  - LAN0:  Intel PRO PCI  [E100BEO2 driver]
  - LAN1:  802.11b        [PRISM driver]
* MPTS Configuration specs
  Both LAN0 and LAN1:
  - TCPIP
  - NETBIOS
  LAN0:
  - Interface Enabled
  - DHCP  [n/a on any other LANn...]
  - DDNS is not selected.
  LAN1:
  - Interface *not* enabled, because it insists on having a
    MANUAL IP Address and Subnet Mask.  I have no idea what
    to specify here.  Maybe if I could resolve this issue
    the rest would fall into place.

* TCP/IP Configuration Issues:
  - For some reason, I cannot change the DHCP to anything
    other than LAN0.  Therefore, in order to activate the WLAN,
    I have had to go into MPTS and change the Adapter Numbers
    on the two adapters.  Just to anticipate the question:
    Even if I remove the selection of DHCP on LAN0, I cannot
    select it on LAN1.
  - I have not been able to make both NICs active at one time.
    [See LAN1 comments above.]
    i.e., I would like to be able to just turn the system on
    and have the adapter that finds a signal take over with
    DHCP using the connection that becomes active.
  - When I did switch the two adapter numbers around so that
    LAN0 was the Wireless, the only time I have ever been
    able to actually make a connection is when I was able to
    specifically identify a Network ID (SSID) that matched the 
    known ID of a predefined WLAN.  AND, I also had to specify
    the KNOWN DNS for that network in the MPTS "Host Names"
    section.
  - Only if I had the Wireless Adapter 'active' when the system
    was booted, did the DHCP actually find/assign an IP address.
    In all other cases, the DHCP Monitor always shows the IP
    Address as "Not Registered."   Killing the DHCP and restarting
    it followed by Action->Request-Lease does not seem to work with
    the wireless as it does with the Ethernet.

I think I have covered all of the conditions and configuration issues
that I have seen.  Hopefully, this will allow someone who really
understands how to set this up to provide a "Wireless for Dummies"
response for those of us who can follow detailed directions, but are
not network savvy enough to figure things out for ourselves.  [Now,
maybe that does not apply to Neil, but it does to me.]

Thanks in advance,
Carl


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