Another bit of strange WG111v2 behavour.
Posted: Thu 11 Jan 2007, 20:42
I may be wrong ascribing this to the WG111 but it is a start.
I use ndiswrapper and a small script (see below) to connect to my router/access point (a LinkSys WRT546) which in turn is connected to a Motorola cable modem. It takes a long time (up to 5 minutes) for dhcpd to provide an address. I seem to be able to speed this by starting Rutil or WAG and doing scans. It doesn't matter whether the router has been just been turned on or been on for hours.
Then for the really strange bit.
Over Christmas I took the WRT546 to my sister's to convince her and her husband that they needed a similar device - that worked.
The only difference from here was that the WRT546 was connected to an ADSL modem. I used this computer with the same setup, I did not change anything. It connected IMMEDIATELY every time.
Can anybody suggest a reason?
My script follows
Geoff
Puppy 2.12 frugal install.
Thinkpad 600E
I use ndiswrapper and a small script (see below) to connect to my router/access point (a LinkSys WRT546) which in turn is connected to a Motorola cable modem. It takes a long time (up to 5 minutes) for dhcpd to provide an address. I seem to be able to speed this by starting Rutil or WAG and doing scans. It doesn't matter whether the router has been just been turned on or been on for hours.
Then for the really strange bit.
Over Christmas I took the WRT546 to my sister's to convince her and her husband that they needed a similar device - that worked.
The only difference from here was that the WRT546 was connected to an ADSL modem. I used this computer with the same setup, I did not change anything. It connected IMMEDIATELY every time.
Can anybody suggest a reason?
My script follows
Cheers## Home1
echo
## Following code now done in rc.local
## Load the driver
## modprobe pcmf502rd
##modprobe ndiswrapper
if [ -e /etc/dhcpc/*.pid ] ; then
rm /etc/dhcpc/*.pid
fi
iwconfig wlan0 essid Home1 key xxxx mode Managed
sleep 3
##dhcpcd wlan0
dhcpcd -t 60 -h puppypc -d wlan0
exit
Geoff
Puppy 2.12 frugal install.
Thinkpad 600E