D-Link 802.11 Wireless Lan card on Powerbook
Neill Miller
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sun Nov 10 23:55:01 2002
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 19:36:02 +1300
Bernard mentink <ebike@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Now that I have a device, how do I get it up and running (or is it?)
> ifup doesn't see it as a device, and here is the result from
> ifconfig:
>
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
> BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Are any lights on? My Orinoco card has two lights, one goes on when
it's detected, the other blinks when the device is configured and
sending and receiving data.
Try 'dhcpcd wlan0' if your wireless provider offers DHCP access. Let me
know if that works.
Best regards,
-Neill.
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