Re: Switching between wireless and wire

Hi Paul,

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:06:35 GMT, paul marwick wrote:

>I've just installed eCS 2.00 RC3 to my T40 Thinkpad. It has both an Intel 
>Pro100 and an Atheros AR5212 based card installed. I've never had any luck 
>with the Atheros wireless adapter under eCS before, but RC3 has detected 
>it and seems to have installed it correctly. Unfortunately, I haven't 
>currently got a wireless router available, so all I have is a pretty 
>little LED.
>
>I also have another problem. I can get internet access via the Intel - the 
>wired connection is getting an IP and is working fine. But I've been 
>unable to start Peer - the Requestor spends a lot of time trying to start, 
>but never makes it. I suspect its because its trying the wireless card 
>instead of the wired card. 
>
>Is there an easy way to tell which interface is being used? Also, is there 
>any easy way to switch between the interfaces?
>
>paul
>
>
   This may be totally unrelated to your problem, but I thought I would mention
it just in case.

  I also have an ethernet and wireless adapter and I need to log on to a WSeB
domain. Both TCP/IP 
and TCPBeui were attached to each adapter in MPTS (the WiFi uses GenMAC which
until recently 
did not support NETBeui). I was not able to log on to the network with either
adapter until I removed 
TCPBeui from one or the other. The one it remained on was then able to logon.

  I don't know why... but that is the way it is for me. You might try reducing
the wireless adapter to only 
TCP/IP and see if it helps.

Dave McKenna

I've just installed eCS 2.00 RC3 to my T40 Thinkpad. It has both an Intel 
Pro100 and an Atheros AR5212 based card installed. I've never had any luck 
with the Atheros wireless adapter under eCS before, but RC3 has detected 
it and seems to have installed it correctly. Unfortunately, I haven't 
currently got a wireless router available, so all I have is a pretty 
little LED.

I also have another problem. I can get internet access via the Intel - the 
wired connection is getting an IP and is working fine. But I've been 
unable to start Peer - the Requestor spends a lot of time trying to start, 
but never makes it. I suspect its because its trying the wireless card 
instead of the wired card. 

Is there an easy way to tell which interface is being used? Also, is there 
any easy way to switch between the interfaces?

paul

paul marwick wrote:
> I've just installed eCS 2.00 RC3 to my T40 Thinkpad. It has both an 
> Intel Pro100 and an Atheros AR5212 based card installed. I've never had 
> any luck with the Atheros wireless adapter under eCS before, but RC3 has 
> detected it and seems to have installed it correctly. Unfortunately, I 
> haven't currently got a wireless router available, so all I have is a 
> pretty little LED.
> 
> I also have another problem. I can get internet access via the Intel - 
> the wired connection is getting an IP and is working fine. But I've been 
> unable to start Peer - the Requestor spends a lot of time trying to 
> start, but never makes it. I suspect its because its trying the wireless 
> card instead of the wired card.
> Is there an easy way to tell which interface is being used? Also, is 
> there any easy way to switch between the interfaces?
> 
> paul
> 
> 

Have you checked gmane.org.netlabs.wlan.general at news.gmane.org ? 
Christian Langanke's XWLAN monitor should allow switching, I'm trying to 
set it up on my T40 also.

Regards,

paul marwick wrote:


> I also have another problem. I can get internet access via the Intel - the

> wired connection is getting an IP and is working fine. But I've been 
> unable to start Peer - the Requestor spends a lot of time trying to start,

> but never makes it. I suspect its because its trying the wireless card 
> instead of the wired card.

They migh be out of sync. Try this:
System Setup --> Network --> Select interface for sharing.
Press ok and reboot. See if it works.

If not, let me know, and i'll try to fix the problem for you.

Greetings/2
Joao Galvao

Hi David

David McKenna wrote:

> Hi Paul,

> On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:06:35 GMT, paul marwick wrote:

>>I've just installed eCS 2.00 RC3 to my T40 Thinkpad. It has both an
Intel 
>>Pro100 and an Atheros AR5212 based card installed. I've never had any
luck 
>>with the Atheros wireless adapter under eCS before, but RC3 has detected

>>it and seems to have installed it correctly. Unfortunately, I haven't 
>>currently got a wireless router available, so all I have is a pretty 
>>little LED.
>>
>>I also have another problem. I can get internet access via the Intel -
the 
>>wired connection is getting an IP and is working fine. But I've been 
>>unable to start Peer - the Requestor spends a lot of time trying to
start, 
>>but never makes it. I suspect its because its trying the wireless card 
>>instead of the wired card. 
>>
>>Is there an easy way to tell which interface is being used? Also, is
there 
>>any easy way to switch between the interfaces?
>>
>>paul
>>
>>
>    This may be totally unrelated to your problem, but I thought I would 
mention it just in case.

>   I also have an ethernet and wireless adapter and I need to log on to a 
WSeB domain. Both TCP/IP 
> and TCPBeui were attached to each adapter in MPTS (the WiFi uses GenMAC 
which until recently 
> did not support NETBeui). I was not able to log on to the network with 
either adapter until I removed 
> TCPBeui from one or the other. The one it remained on was then able to
logon.

>   I don't know why... but that is the way it is for me. You might try 
reducing the wireless adapter to only 
> TCP/IP and see if it helps.

Confirmed here also - though it took me a reinstall to prove. If I have 
TCPBeui enabled on both interfaces, Peer fails to start. Reduce it to one, 
and Peer starts without problems.

I'll have to get the wireless router installed, then see if reversing the 
protocol assingments works...

paul