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Date:	Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:44:08 PST8
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Wireless summary

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Ray Davison wrote:
> Laptop, Fujitsu C2330, Realtech 8138 wired lan, Intel 2200B\G wireless
> lan. Linksys WRT54G 4 port router + wireless. eCS 1.2rm, WXP, W2K.
> This is my road machine. I need to connect to whatever is available.
>
> Installed Genmac 100+16. Installed XWLAN 2.12. Created Widget, don't
> get sidetracked by the grayed out "add widget".
>
> Wired 8139 support I got "out-of-the-box". Wireless support I got by
> going to MTPS and changing 8139 to 2200. In MTPS I have added 8139 when
> 2200 was already there, and 2200 when 8139 was there. And I have played
> with the protocol numbers. I have never gotten either to work with the
> other loaded.
>
> Private wireless worked like this: The router will accept a decimal
> number. On the advise of Linksys I entered a ten digit number as key
> 1. I entered the same number in WXP and W2K, and they worked. WLAN
> would not accept that number. Both the router and WLAN have a generate
> function. I entered the same passphrase in each and they produced the
> same four keys; except for the extra 0. OS/2 then connected private. I
> did not find a generate function in WXP or W2K. I copied key 1 from the
> router and they both work now as private.
>
> I saved config.sys and protocol.ini from 8139 only install and 2200
> only. To switch between wired and wireless I replace config.sys and
> protocol.ini and reboot. At this point I am functional.
>
> If I could get them to use a common protocol.ini, and I could create an
> interactive config.sys, I could select the mode during boot.
>
> DHCP is set for 30 seconds. It actually starts the countdown at 40. In
> wireless mode, it times out, I have to press enter, it goes to
> background mode, and sometime after boot settles the system connects.
> It would be preferable to just go straight to background mode.
>
> Ray
>
>
Ray,
For that last part, you can set DHCP time to zero, and not have to
"press Enter to continue". This was mentioned at the February meeting.

On my eCS 1.2 system, the file is C:\MPTN\BIN\SETUP.CMD (it is called by
MPTSTART.CMD in the same directory), and the line to change starts with
"dhcpstrt". The parameter is "-d"; set the value to "0".

On my eCS 1.1 system, this file did not have "-d nn" on the "dhcpstrt"
line, so I didn't have to change it.
Colin

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