Re: IPW3945 With Etch

2007-06-27 Thread Jose Rodriguez
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:10:11 +0200 Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > I take the point about changing and hiding the name are different > things. However, as some of the commenters on the blog cited by > you point out, the situation may be different for a home LAN > from a

Re: IPW3945 With Etch

2007-06-27 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 27 Jun 2007, Jose Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:10:08 +0200 [snip] > > Presumably to reduce the chance that people nearby will use up > > your bandwidth. > > > > From the online documentation for my Netgear DG834G: > > > > "The default SSID is Wireless, but NETGEAR strongly

Re: IPW3945 With Etch

2007-06-27 Thread Jose Rodriguez
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:10:08 +0200 Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 27 Jun 2007, Jose Rodriguez wrote: > > > > > I was able to get it working but only after enabling SSID > > > broadcasting on the AP. This is odd but it works. I wonder > > > why this is? > > > > > > -Tom > > >

Re: IPW3945 With Etch

2007-06-27 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 27 Jun 2007, Jose Rodriguez wrote: > > > I was able to get it working but only after enabling SSID > > broadcasting on the AP. This is odd but it works. I wonder why > > this is? > > > > -Tom > > I don't know the technical reason whatsoever, just know it happens > out of my own experience.

Re: IPW3945 With Etch

2007-06-26 Thread Jose Rodriguez
> I was able to get it working but only after enabling SSID > broadcasting on the AP. This is odd but it works. I wonder why > this is? > > -Tom I don't know the technical reason whatsoever, just know it happens out of my own experience. The point is: why on earth would you want to hide the ss

Re: IPW3945 With Etch

2007-06-26 Thread Tom Grove
Ananda Samaddar wrote: On Monday 25 June 2007 19:14, Tom Grove wrote: It seems as though I am able to install the modules via module-assistant and I receive an eth1 with wireless properties. The problem is that no matter what I set my AP to I can't connect to it. I typically just run with W

Re: IPW3945 With Etch

2007-06-25 Thread Ananda Samaddar
On Monday 25 June 2007 19:14, Tom Grove wrote: > It seems as though I am able to install the modules via module-assistant > and I receive an eth1 with wireless properties. The problem is that no > matter what I set my AP to I can't connect to it. I typically just run > with WEP but regardless or

IPW3945 With Etch

2007-06-25 Thread Tom Grove
It seems as though I am able to install the modules via module-assistant and I receive an eth1 with wireless properties. The problem is that no matter what I set my AP to I can't connect to it. I typically just run with WEP but regardless or whether or not I am using WEP/WPA/Nothing I can not