From: "Greggory D Shaw" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:43:48 -0600
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Wireless LAN Monitor problems
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Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
> Okay, thanks. Let's see if I can help clarify a few things for you:
>
> On 11/28/09 05:13 pm, Greggory D Shaw thus wrote :
>> Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi, Greggory. Some thoughts, below:
>>>
>>> On 11/27/09 07:09 pm, Greggory D Shaw thus 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.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Type 802.11a is 54Mbps, not 11. However, the more appropriate question
>>> is whether XWLAN supports your card. What driver are you using?
>>>    
>>>> 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 ).
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> If you are using the GenMAC driver, then the latest XWLAN should
>>> support it. If not, there is a good chance that you may have to use an
>>> older version of XWLAN, and even then, it may or may not work for that
>>> card. However, this can be scripted so that it can be done with a
>>> couple of clicks. XWLAN is just so much nicer.
>>>
>>> If you can run pci -s and post the PCI ID string of the wireless card,
>>> as well as which driver you are using for it, that would be extremely
>>> helpful.
>>>
>>> Cheers/2
>>>
>>>     
>> Here is the output from PCI.EXE -s:
>>
>> Vendor 14E4h Broadcom Corp
>> Device 4318h BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
>> Subsystem ID 00051028h Unknown
>> Subsystem Vendor 1028h Dell Computer Corp
>>
>>   
> Thanks. This card is indeed supported by GenMAC and should work with
> XWLAN.
>
> <snip>
>> After I manually add the Wep key, ssid, XWLAN show green connect
>> icon. So, XWLAN works, does anyone have a script to start dhcp and
>> configure
>> wirless setup?
>>
>>   
> This should be unnecessary. Try this: Completely remove any
> configuration you have in your TCP/IP setup for LAN1. XWLAN handles
> all of this, and as Ed has pointed out, limitations in the OS/2 TCP/IP
> stack allow for only a single interface to be enabled for DHCP at any
> given time. XWLAN handles this through some slight of hand.
>
> In PROTOCOL.INI, set your SSID to ANY.
>
> You should be able to turn the radio on from XWLAN (Enable Radio from
> the context menu). Ensure that this works for you. If you are not able
> to turn the radio on and off from XWLAN, then we need to look more
> closely at the XWLAN configuration to see why it is not seeing your
> card at this stage.
>
> Create a profile in XWLAN (Add/Edit Profile...) for your home network.
> If using DHCP at home, then ensure that option is set in the profile.
> Once you connect, if your wireless network is on the same subnet as
> your wired one, and you are already connected via wire, you will be
> prompted for which connection to use.
>
> See if that works. I think we may be getting hung up on the radio
> activation step.
>
> Cheers/2
>
Thanks, Lewis and Ed both of you are right. I disabled LAN0 (Wired) and
removed settings for LAN1 (Wireless). Switched the router to public and
added ssid -ssid sxwamp to the setup.cmd file.  Lewis, you were right
about radio activiation by adding ssid.exe to the setup.cmd fixed XWLAN.
Now, XWLAN connects and works.

But, now if I turn of WEP I have to select Public hotspot => scan for
hotspot => select my network.  I can live with two click, compared to of
the command line stuff that I had to do before.


Thanks everyone,

Greggory