From: "Greggory D Shaw" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 1968458 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:22:23 -0500 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 1NELNc-0008HO-Pa for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:22:23 -0500 Received: from s5.cableone.net ([24.116.0.231]:51195) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NELNX-0004aV-2z for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:22:16 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unverified [96.19.136.205]) by s5.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service s5) with ESMTP id 26112586-1872270 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:06:03 -0700 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020208.4B1107E8.0089,ss=1,fgs=0 Message-ID: <4B110417.1090000@cableone.net> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:05:59 -0600 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (OS/2/20080505) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Wireless LAN Monitor problems References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Vpipe: Scanner said ok (av_avast) X-IP-stats: No info recorded yet ip=96.19.136.205 X-Originating-IP: 96.19.136.205 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: _SUMMARY_ Ed Durrant wrote: > Greggory D Shaw wrote: >> In have a Dell Latitude D810, with a Card,Wireless,Mini Pci Card >> 1370,Broadcom Corporation. I have eCom 2.0 RC6a installed and I finally >> got the wireless card working, with a few problems. >> >> 1) I have to use the command line utilities from GenMac. to connect the >> wireless router. >> a) ssid -wep 0x123456xxxxxxx >> b) ssid -ssid ssidname >> c) then use Wireless LAN Monitor to connect, select Public hotspot >> => scan for hotspots=>select my wireless network. >> >> 2) The wireless network is an old type A, 11Mb. - WEP 128bit. Does >> the Wireless LAN Monitor work with this setup. >> >> 3) What I want is to be able to connect at Starbuck or any public hot >> spot using DHCP. My onborad LAN is LAN0 and the wireless is LAN1. >> >> 4) I have no experience with setting up wireless on OS/2 and any help >> would be welcome! >> >> 5) I don't care about the Wireless A setup, only using DHCP with >> Starbucks at public hotspot.(no encryption ). >> >> >> Greggory >> >> > I think most hotspots will fall back to 802.11B from 802.11G or N but > not to 802.11A. You may be lucky and find one or two that support the > old (different frequency) 802.11A 54Mb/s standard. > > Are you sure you don't have 802.11B (which was an 11Mb/s standard) ? > > XWLAN "should" handle this kind of connection - I have not needed to > use the command line utilities for a long time. > You are right about it being 802.11B, but the problem is that I need LAN1 (wireless) activated on startup with DHCP for starbucks (public no encryption). There is just a configuration problem with Wireless LAN Monitor for my system eCom rc6a. 1) Have onborand Nic (LAN0) and wireless (LAN1). 2) How to activated LAN1 with DHCP