From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.100.28]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 1969224 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:40:34 -0500 Message-ID: <4B120951.5080206@2rosenthals.com> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:40:33 -0500 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090827 MultiZilla/1.8.3.5g SeaMonkey/1.1.18 (PmW) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Wireless LAN Monitor problems References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm glad to see we're making progress... On 11/28/09 11:43 pm, Greggory D Shaw thus wrote : > 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 : >>>> >>>> >>>>> 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. >>>> >>> 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. >> >> >> >>> 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 You're welcome (from both of us, I'm sure). :-) > both of you are right. I disabled LAN0 (Wired) and > removed settings for LAN1 (Wireless). When you say you "disabled LAN0," this should be unnecessary (to do manually). Once XWLAN associates with an AP and is configured for DHCP, it should prompt you if it is necessary to disable LAN0. This should be entirely automatic. > 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. > > The secret is to remember the words, "less is better." Again, you should not have to add anything to setup.cmd. Here's mine: route -fh arp -f ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 REM ifconfig lan0 REM ifconfig lan1 REM ifconfig lan2 REM ifconfig lan3 REM ifconfig lan4 REM ifconfig lan5 REM ifconfig lan6 REM ifconfig lan7 dhcpstrt -i lan0 -d 0 REM ifconfig sl0 I simply enable or disable the radio from XWLAN. > 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. > > Just create a profile for your own network, per my earlier message. When not at home, select Public hotspot. Otherwise, you should be fine with your new profile in place. I have but *one* double-click when I'm at home, which is configured to toggle the radio on & off. In short, the basic steps to set up any card with XWLAN which is supported under GenMAC: 1. Install the driver via MPTS. 2. Install XWLAN, either as Xcenter widget or standalone. 3. Reboot to load the driver. 4. Turn the radio on from XWLAN. 5. Either scan for a hotspot or configure a profile for your connection. 6. If using a profile, select it. > Thanks everyone, > > Surely. You're almost there, Greggory! -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com Secure, stable, operating system www.ecomstation.com -------------------------------------------------------------