Chris Brotherton wrote:
> I just recent got an old T20 and I am attempting to use Debian on it. I am
> using a PCMCIA orinoco wireless card. Here is the crazy part. The card is
> recognized by the installer. The installer asks me for my essid and my WEP
> key. After I input the information, the wireless card get its ip address over
> dhcp and then works flawlessly. The trouble comes when I finish the install
> and boot the machine. Once the machine comes up, I cannot get the wireless
> card to work. iwconfig shows that it has all of the correct information, but
> it cannot get an ip address. I have tried both 4.0r1 and a testing snapshot.
> Both have the exact same problem.

I have been running wireless PCMCIA cards in Sarge and Etch on my T20 for a
while. Currently I am using an Edimax EW-7108PCg card with the Ralink chipset. I
have documented the process I followed on the NewbieDOC website [1] [2]. You may
find something ful there.

Can you ping your Access Point?

If not, you might need to disable your ethernet interface:
# ifdown eth0
or similar. If this works you can comment out the eth0 entry in
/etc/network/interfaces


[1]
http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/How..._are_impatient
[2] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Ins...pper_in_Debian


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Chris.


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