Re: linksys WUSB11 v2.6 working

Stephen G Smith wrote:

> just wanted to mention that i have gotten my wusb11 2.6 working with 
> the <http://at76c503a.berlios.de/> at76c503a driver and the 1.101.0-84 
> firmware. i'm using the latest CVS tarball without the Dossy patch, 
> running on Mandrake 9.2. one interesting thing though. after i do 
> "iwconfig wlan0 essid <my-essid> mode managed etc...", the adapter 
> does not report a link and iwconfig reports the AP as 
> 00:00:00:00:00:00 until i manually assign an IP to wlan0. then 
> everything works fine. anybody know why this is?
>
> also, what is the outlook on supporting promiscuous/monitor mode in 
> the future?
>
> thanks...
>
> Stephen Smith
>
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I had the same problem at first. You have to set the IP before the 
card's radio turns on. I believe that that is intended behavior for the 
driver.

             Al