Re: ASUS WL330 for WIFI?

From: Dave Brown (dhbrown_at_hobbes.dhbrown.net)
Date: 09/18/04

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    In article <slrnckmmg0.2uo.BobT@Linus.cs.queensu.ca>, Bob Tennent wrote:
    > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 20:16:43 GMT, Dave Brown wrote:
    > > In article <slrnckfh74.4lb.dhbrown@hobbes.dhbrown.net>, Dave Brown wrote:
    > >> ...
    > >> In order to control the WIFI connection, I have to connect via eth0 to the
    > >> WL330 configuration "webpage", which has a fixed IP, 192.168.0.228, or
    > >> such. But when I connect to the WIFI network, I need to be DHCP, in order
    > >> for eth0 to get an IP on the WIFI network, and have nameserver and routes
    > >> set, etc. So it appears that I need to have 2 IPs on eth0, one of which
    > >> can be fixed, but the other must be DHCP, and both must be active.
    > >
    > > I figured it out, so for the record...
    > >
    > > Using RH's 'neat' network configurator, you can put a second IP address on
    > > the eth0 NIC... i.e. eth0:1, and set it to 192.168.1.2, an IP on the same
    > > network as the WL330 webpage. Then you can scan for WIFI networks using
    > > the WL330 webpage, and "join". Then go back to the 'neat' window and
    > > "deactivate" then "activate".
    >
    > I think you'd have more flexibility using network profiles. There's
    > documentation in the redhat configuration guide Section 12.12. You can
    > then use different entries in your grub.conf corresponding to the
    > profiles: netprofile=home or netprofile=office for example.

    I did try to set up a "profile", with both dhcp on eth0 and 192.168.1.2 on
    eth0:1. It didn't seem to quite work, although it was approaching 3 a.m.,
    so I could have botched it. I also tried it on a public WIFI today at the
    Austin Library, and wasted about an hour trying to get it to work: it
    would "link" but not get an IP. Finally, another person came in and tried
    to link in, and they failed. I asked the librarian where the access point
    was, and when we checked it, the LAN light was off--the ethernet cable was
    loose! After fixing that, everything worked.

    Thanks for the hint on the grub parameter. 

    -- 
Dave Brown  Austin, TX
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