Re: 802 card Averatec 5500 Linux 9.3

From: Dik Voorthuis (dik_at_none.nowhere)
Date: 05/25/05 

Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:42:33 +0200

piperut wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> I attemted this once before and received no response.
> I am attempting to setup my laptop with 9.3. I have managed to install
> 9.3 on it. However, I am having trouble getting a network connection.
> The 802 card is a Micro-star intnational Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus
> Reference Card.
> I have tried the ad-hoc, managed and master settings. I have tried on
> DHCP, and with a static IP address.
> If I have it set on ad-hoc, Automatic setup with DHCP, Sharde Key, and
> Hexadecimal it will give me an IP address of 192.168.1.101/24 but I am
> unable to connect to anything.
> I have a dns server in the host name and server configuration settings.
> and the update name servers and search list via dhcp block is checked.
> Any ideas on what to try next?
>
> roland

In an other thread in this ng ('YaST won't work'), Bruce Stewart gave an
excellent description of how to investigate network connection problems.
Maybe that helps?
I also found that the 'update name servers and search list via dhcp' option
can cause trouble if the dhcp-server does not provide a valid search list.

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