Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Wireless LAN Monitor problems
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:05:59 -0600
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OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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
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> 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
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