Re: struggling with wireless setup

On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 11:24 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote:

> And end up cannot obtain IP address. I think it maybe because I use a
> 802.11b device trying to connect to 802.11g network. Does 802.11g
> network allows 802.11b device to join? If I switch my gateway to 802.11b
> mode, I am afraid I would have slowed everyone else down.
> 

I b client can join a g gateway, since g is backwards compatible.

> Here is how I tried to connect (I have configured wlan.conf and
> wlancfg-HBF to use WEP/opensystem and 10-digit Hex key, the
> authentication method and key are the same as everyone else in the office)
> 
> root@esmeralda:/etc/conf.d# wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable 
> message=lnxreq_ifstate
>   ifstate=enable
>   resultcode=success
> root@esmeralda:/etc/conf.d# wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=HBF authtype=opensystem
> message=lnxreq_autojoin
>   ssid='HBF'
>   authtype=opensystem
>   resultcode=success

I dont see you issuing the commands to set the WEP key - so it looks
like you are attempting to join without setting the authentication.