From: "Ed Durrant" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:21:44 +1000
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Perhaps it is time to fix it?
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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

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Ed

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