From: "Ed Durrant" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2878039 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:21:47 -0400 Received: from secmgr-va.2rosenthals.com ([162.83.95.194] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1MnUEH-0005kn-69 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:21:46 -0400 Received: from nschwmtas04p.mx.bigpond.com ([61.9.189.146]:33037) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MnUEC-0004Hh-1n for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:21:37 -0400 Received: from nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com ([124.183.77.241]) by nschwmtas04p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20090915092133.UWST2030.nschwmtas04p.mx.bigpond.com@nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com> for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:21:33 +0000 Received: from [192.168.100.2] (really [124.183.77.241]) by nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20090915092132.JRVZ10433.nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com@[192.168.100.2]> for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:21:32 +0000 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A010203.4AAF5CA1.0072,ss=1,fgs=0 Message-ID: <4AAF5CA8.5020702@durrant.mine.nu> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:21:44 +1000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (OS/2/20090411) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Perhaps it is time to fix it? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com from [124.183.77.241] using ID edward.durrant@bigpond.com at Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:21:30 +0000 X-RPD-ScanID: Class unknown; VirusThreatLevel unknown, RefID str=0001.0A150205.4AAF5C9D.007F,ss=1,fgs=0 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: _SUMMARY_ John Clemente wrote: > > > Ed Durrant wrote: >> John Clemente wrote: >>> Gentleman all: >>> >>> I have been reading the "Is there such a device?" thread since Jim >>> S.'s first post a month ago in hopes of picking up enough >>> information about router architecture to help me successfully >>> connect my TP42 P to routers using encryption when booted to either >>> RC3 or RC5. I would rather work these thing out my self and not >>> have to ask the dumb question if at all possible. >>> >>> While the "such a device" discussion was a mile wide and my >>> understanding of it perhaps an inch deep, if that, I found it >>> interesting and did pick up some hints. In the hope that the >>> problem is something simple I am missing or that a small change to >>> the DHCP configuration file will solve the problem here it goes. >>> >>> First, I can connect freely to all open routers in hot spots >>> throughout the country without any problem. That said, I am often >>> at locations where routers are encrypted and the owners give me the >>> WEP password to permit me to connect. The routers are usually >>> various models of NETGEAR or Linksys. >>> Although I think I have used every possible variation offered by the >>> Wireless LAN Monitor v. 3.10 I have never succeeded in getting a WEP >>> connection. The passwords are usually ten number/letter >>> combinations which I deduce are for 64 bit encryption. The >>> passwords work in XP when I boot to it and in the i-phone with no >>> problem. >>> >>> One variation will get me an IP to the LAN in Ecs but not any >>> traffic over the WAN - internet. If I set up a profile for the >>> location and specify an IP (select "manually" rather than DHCP on >>> the TCP/IP tab) the router then gives me that IP, but I can not then >>> transfer any data to the internet, although I can get to the router >>> setup page and other locations inside the LAN. Can anyone shine a >>> light on what I am doing wrong? >>> >>> Regards >>> John Clemente >>> Albany, NY >>> >> Can you please state which version of GenMAC you are using and what >> the WLAN in your system is. > I am using GenMac 2.2.0 and the card is a mini PCI intel 2200 WLan >> If you are not using the latest version (2.2 I think) of GenMAC that >> could be the issue and I remember a long time ago there were some >> problems with hardware compatibility between some models of Thinkpad >> Intel WLAN cards and Linksys routers when running in WEP mode. If >> however you have Windoze on this system and it connects OK, that >> would rule out this hardware problem . It was the Intel 2200BG that had the problem in the early days but if you're using GenMAC 2.2, I think we can rule this issue out. >> > Yes XP does connect as does the i-phone I mean XP on the SAME MACHINE, not in general (i.e. using the same card in the same machine) - or do you only have eCS on this laptop? >> >> With a WEP key, there is an option to generate the key from a >> passphrase as well as entering in the long list of characters and >> numbers - which method are you using? > I tried both, entering the paraphrase in Key #1 and generating with > the paraphrase using using Neesus Datacom generator >> >> One last point - are you sure that the routers are using WEP not WPA ? > No but I tried all four options without success using DCHP If the encryption is not set correctly you will get what appear to be communications set up errors. >> Windows will sense and switch, with GenMAC/XWLAN you must select the >> correct option, WEP64, WEP128, WPA1 or WPA2. These last two options >> also have two more options with them TKIP and Shared key (I think). > I did not try Tkip or Shared key as I did not understand them Well to set up WPA you need to select one of them - try one then the other. >> Get any of the combinations different and you will either not >> connect or connect but not be able to send traffic. >> >> The WPA options are only available with the WPA supplicant that comes >> with the latest versions of GenMAC. > The Supplicant is loaded but I do not understand what it does although > I have selected the view option OK, you don't need the view option set. But are there WPA options displayed in the pull down menu on the encryption page. >> >> I'd leave the card set to DHCP, don't set a static IP address. > As I said earlier I tried both and did get an IP with the paraphrase > and static IP. but I had no Wlan data moving. Yes this all sounds to me like the wrong kind of encryption set up. > > Regards, > John Clemente -- Cheers/2 Ed eComStationAustralia podcast RSS feed http://eComStationAustralia.podbean.com/feed or iTunes Warpstock Europe at Stralsund, Germany 12-15 November 2009 http://www.warpstock.eu