Problem with wireless adapters

I've been experimenting with a couple of wireless adapters. Whereas I've
managed to get both to connect, one with ndiswrapper (Linksys WMP54G), the
other with drivers download from Realtek (DLink DWL650M). Unfortunately,
there is a lot of function missing without the utilities the vendors
provide which are Windows-based.

I've gotten wireless connections at home, where I only have to
deal with a specific access point. The network configuration tools
provided by RedHat and SuSE were not helpful. In addition, the "wireless
tools", iwconfig and iwpriv, were only partially functional. Apparently,
the developer had access to specific hardware in making certain commands
work, but there must be sufficient lack of standardization that vital
commands were non-functional with the 2 adapters in question. The DLink
is a PC card, but I have yet to get it to act like a cardbus card; eject
the card, and the system hangs.

As a result of insufficient functionality of the wireless tools acting in
conjunction with the Realtek drivers, I haven't been able to connect in a
WIFI situation, so I have to boot into Win2k to do WIFI.

--
Dave Brown Austin, TX

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:48:14 GMT, Dave Brown wrote:

> I've been experimenting with a couple of wireless adapters. Whereas
> I've managed to get both to connect, one with ndiswrapper (Linksys
> WMP54G), the other with drivers download from Realtek (DLink
> DWL650M). Unfortunately, there is a lot of function missing without
> the utilities the vendors provide which are Windows-based.

Look at the Asus WL-330 series:

http://usa.asus.com/products/communi...0/overview.htm

Uses an ethernet port and a NIC so you don't need to worry about drivers
and the site-survey software etc. runs on the device itself. Can also
be used as an access point.

Bob T.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Bob Tennent wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:48:14 GMT, Dave Brown wrote:
>
> > I've been experimenting with a couple of wireless adapters. Whereas
> > I've managed to get both to connect, one with ndiswrapper (Linksys
> > WMP54G), the other with drivers download from Realtek (DLink
> > DWL650M). Unfortunately, there is a lot of function missing without
> > the utilities the vendors provide which are Windows-based.
>
> Look at the Asus WL-330 series:
>
> Uses an ethernet port and a NIC so you don't need to worry about drivers
> and the site-survey software etc. runs on the device itself. Can also
> be used as an access point.

Actually, I ordered one yesterday. I returned the Linksys card. It was
flaky... would drop out of the net after a while. I doubt a driver
problem, (it behaved similarly in Win2k). It could be an access point
problem; the AP seemed to work okay with DLink PC card, but that was at
11 Mbs.

--
Dave Brown Austin, TX

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 01:14:30 +0000, Bob Tennent wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:48:14 GMT, Dave Brown wrote:
>
> > I've been experimenting with a couple of wireless adapters. Whereas
> > I've managed to get both to connect, one with ndiswrapper (Linksys
> > WMP54G), the other with drivers download from Realtek (DLink
> > DWL650M). Unfortunately, there is a lot of function missing without
> > the utilities the vendors provide which are Windows-based.
>
> Look at the Asus WL-330 series:
>
> http://usa.asus.com/products/communi...0/overview.htm
>
> Uses an ethernet port and a NIC so you don't need to worry about drivers
> and the site-survey software etc. runs on the device itself. Can also
> be used as an access point.
>
> Bob T.

I have been looking for a wireless adapter for use in a Windows/Linux
dual-boot setup, and this thing looks almost too good to be true, from
the standpoint of not needing to do anything funky with finding drivers,
etc.

Is this really as slick as it sounds?

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Ron Stewart wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 01:14:30 +0000, Bob Tennent wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:48:14 GMT, Dave Brown wrote:
>>
>> > I've been experimenting with a couple of wireless adapters. Whereas
>> > I've managed to get both to connect, one with ndiswrapper (Linksys
>> > WMP54G), the other with drivers download from Realtek (DLink
>> > DWL650M). Unfortunately, there is a lot of function missing without
>> > the utilities the vendors provide which are Windows-based.
>>
>> Look at the Asus WL-330 series: ...
>>
>> Uses an ethernet port and a NIC so you don't need to worry about drivers
>> and the site-survey software etc. runs on the device itself. Can also
>> be used as an access point.
>>
> I have been looking for a wireless adapter for use in a Windows/Linux
> dual-boot setup, and this thing looks almost too good to be true, from
> the standpoint of not needing to do anything funky with finding drivers,
> etc.

I just bought one, and it's pretty slick. I found the instructions
somewhat vague, so it took some tinkering. (It comes with an ip address
of 192.168.1.1, which doesn't fit with my home network of 192.168.0.0, so
I had to configure a machine with 192.168.1.2 to talk to it, in order to
change the network address. After that, I could boot up a desktop and
attach to the wireless network okay. And the Windows setup utility isn't
as complete as the browser setup which was available as soon as I solved
the ip address problem.

A little more vague is trying to set up the device as a bridge from one
hub to an access point on another hub. I'm almost there, but not quite.
I'll post another article with the question I have about ARP.

--
Dave Brown Austin, TX

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 20:53:20 +0000, Dave Brown wrote:

> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Ron Stewart wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 01:14:30 +0000, Bob Tennent wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:48:14 GMT, Dave Brown wrote:
>>>
>>> > I've been experimenting with a couple of wireless adapters. Whereas
>>> > I've managed to get both to connect, one with ndiswrapper (Linksys
>>> > WMP54G), the other with drivers download from Realtek (DLink
>>> > DWL650M). Unfortunately, there is a lot of function missing without
>>> > the utilities the vendors provide which are Windows-based.
>>>
>>> Look at the Asus WL-330 series: ...
>>>
>>> Uses an ethernet port and a NIC so you don't need to worry about drivers
>>> and the site-survey software etc. runs on the device itself. Can also
>>> be used as an access point.
>>>
>> I have been looking for a wireless adapter for use in a Windows/Linux
>> dual-boot setup, and this thing looks almost too good to be true, from
>> the standpoint of not needing to do anything funky with finding drivers,
>> etc.
>
> I just bought one, and it's pretty slick. I found the instructions
> somewhat vague, so it took some tinkering. (It comes with an ip address
> of 192.168.1.1, which doesn't fit with my home network of 192.168.0.0, so
> I had to configure a machine with 192.168.1.2 to talk to it, in order to
> change the network address. After that, I could boot up a desktop and
> attach to the wireless network okay. And the Windows setup utility isn't
> as complete as the browser setup which was available as soon as I solved
> the ip address problem.
>
> A little more vague is trying to set up the device as a bridge from one
> hub to an access point on another hub. I'm almost there, but not quite.
> I'll post another article with the question I have about ARP.

I went ahead and bought one, as well, primarily for use as a network
adapter (rather than as an access point). It works great on my son's
desktop which is dual-booting Windows XP and Mandrake 9.2.

I initially configured it under Windows, and then just rebooted under
Linux and didn't have to touch it to get it to work. I haven't played with
the browser-based configuration utility yet, but I am going to play with
that a bit this week -- that would seem to be an easy way to get past the
absence of the configuration utility on the Linux side of things.

--
Ron Stewart

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Ron Stewart wrote:

> From: Ron Stewart <(E-Mail Removed)>
> Subject: Re: Problem with wireless adapters
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking
>
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 20:53:20 +0000, Dave Brown wrote:
>
>> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Ron Stewart wrote:
>>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 01:14:30 +0000, Bob Tennent wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:48:14 GMT, Dave Brown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I've been experimenting with a couple of wireless adapters. Whereas
>>>> > I've managed to get both to connect, one with ndiswrapper (Linksys
>>>> > WMP54G), the other with drivers download from Realtek (DLink
>>>> > DWL650M). Unfortunately, there is a lot of function missing without
>>>> > the utilities the vendors provide which are Windows-based.
>>>>
>>>> Look at the Asus WL-330 series: ...
>>>>
>>>> Uses an ethernet port and a NIC so you don't need to worry about drivers
>>>> and the site-survey software etc. runs on the device itself. Can also
>>>> be used as an access point.
>>>>
>>> I have been looking for a wireless adapter for use in a Windows/Linux
>>> dual-boot setup, and this thing looks almost too good to be true, from
>>> the standpoint of not needing to do anything funky with finding drivers,
>>> etc.
>>
>> I just bought one, and it's pretty slick. I found the instructions
>> somewhat vague, so it took some tinkering. (It comes with an ip address
>> of 192.168.1.1, which doesn't fit with my home network of 192.168.0.0, so
>> I had to configure a machine with 192.168.1.2 to talk to it, in order to
>> change the network address. After that, I could boot up a desktop and
>> attach to the wireless network okay. And the Windows setup utility isn't
>> as complete as the browser setup which was available as soon as I solved
>> the ip address problem.
>>
>> A little more vague is trying to set up the device as a bridge from one
>> hub to an access point on another hub. I'm almost there, but not quite.
>> I'll post another article with the question I have about ARP.
>
> I went ahead and bought one, as well, primarily for use as a network
> adapter (rather than as an access point). It works great on my son's
> desktop which is dual-booting Windows XP and Mandrake 9.2.
>
> I initially configured it under Windows, and then just rebooted under
> Linux and didn't have to touch it to get it to work. I haven't played with
> the browser-based configuration utility yet, but I am going to play with
> that a bit this week -- that would seem to be an easy way to get past the
> absence of the configuration utility on the Linux side of things.
>
>


I'm not finding information on how to configure this device, I actually
have the Asus WL-330g, directly from linux.



-Thufir

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Ron Stewart wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> >>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:48:14 GMT, Dave Brown wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> > I've been experimenting with a couple of wireless adapters. Whereas
> >>>> > I've managed to get both to connect, one with ndiswrapper (Linksys
> >>>> > WMP54G), the other with drivers download from Realtek (DLink
> >>>> > DWL650M). Unfortunately, there is a lot of function missing without
> >>>> > the utilities the vendors provide which are Windows-based.
> >>>>
> >>>> Look at the Asus WL-330 series: ...
>
[snip]
>
> I'm not finding information on how to configure this device, I actually
> have the Asus WL-330g, directly from linux.

It's best if you make your own posts rather than appending to posts
that are 17 months old.

Eg., the link was out of date ;-) Just move up the path one elemant at
a time till you get to something that works. In this case it's the
main site.

Go here for the manual but be _sure_ to dowwnload the right one.
Mulitple languages are listed for the manuals and the link is dogged
ass slow ~6KBs, so don't waste time downloading the Chinese version
like I did.

I used this link:
http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wir..._pdf_e1539.zip

Look at Ch 3.

hth,
prg