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aziz:
I have no prior experience with WIFI under OS/2, so do not expect any prior knowledge.

I recently put a Intel 5100 mini-pcie card in a computer. This card has an PCI id of 8086:4237. Booting into a linux live distribution I can connect to my wifi network and also a number of neighboring networks are visible (signal strength is not that good, but I do get a connection). From what I gathered this particular card is officially not supported by GenMAC, but should work with the GenMU package for intel cards. In addition the xwlan widget should be used.

I got the GenMac driver loaded on boot. It says: Loaded for Device: Intel 5100 a/b/g [8086/4237] ("WRND32"). So I suspected all is good.

However I am unable to find a wireless network. Not with the xwlan widget, not with the GenMac provided scan.exe
I am not sure how to proceed/troubleshoot. It seems to me I should first get to a point where I can query a list of networks, before continuing to configure the xwlan widget/wpa supplicant.

Any help?

Doug Bissett:

--- Quote ---I have no prior experience with WIFI under OS/2, so do not expect any prior knowledge.
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It has been a long time, since I did this, so some guessing here.


--- Quote ---I got the GenMac driver loaded on boot. It says: Loaded for Device: Intel 5100 a/b/g [8086/4237] ("WRND32"). So I suspected all is good.
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That sounds promising. It means that the driver loaded. Only part way there. You also need the WPAsuplicant https://hobbesarchive.com/Home/Download?path=/Hobbes/pub/os2/util/network/misc/WPASupplicant_2-10_2021-07-25.zip.


--- Quote ---Any help?
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As I said, it has been a long time, but now you need to configure the widget (I am doing this, on my one remaining GENMU machine, guessing as I go):
RMB on the widget-> Properties-> Inspect the options. Usually, it will work with the defaults, but you may want to change them, after you get it working.Close that.
RMB on the widget-> Add/Edit Profile-> click New-> Give it a name, that you will recognize (I use the SSID)-> Add the network name (the SSID)-> Security tab-> under Encryption, select WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK (your router needs to support what you select). Add the Preshared key (password). Inspect the rest of the settings, but they should work. Close.
RMB on the widget-> Select profile (the one you just created).

Sorry, but I seem to have missed something. This isn't working, and I have run out of time, for now. See if you can make it work, and I will be back later.

Andi B.:

--- Quote ---That sounds promising. It means that the driver loaded. Only part way there. You also need the WPAsuplicant https://hobbesarchive.com/Home/Download?path=/Hobbes/pub/os2/util/network/misc/WPASupplicant_2-10_2021-07-25.zip.

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Not necessary. Use the one included in XWLAN package. xwlan314beta12.zip is the greatest and probably the latest ever too. See here for right version - http://trac.netlabs.org/xwlan/wiki. Look here - http://trac.netlabs.org/xwlan/browser/trunk/src/ship/readme.txt - for steps to narrow down your problem.

You also may consider using the standalone program instead the widget until your setup is up and running (hope it works with your hardware).

Neil Waldhauer:
I used the 5100 a long time ago. In every computer that had a 5100, I had to power up the computer with the card off, then turn it on. On my computers, a WiFi LED would light up if the 5100 was going to work.

Now, a travel router attached to an Ethernet port does so much more, I've abandoned the 5100 for my own use.

Doug Bissett:

--- Quote ---Sorry, but I seem to have missed something. This isn't working, and I have run out of time, for now. See if you can make it work, and I will be back later.
--- End quote ---

Andi B knows a lot more about configuring this, than I do.


--- Quote ---Now, a travel router attached to an Ethernet port does so much more,
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I fully agree with this, which is one of the reasons why I haven't got this to work previously.

FTR, I haven't been able to configure my IBM ThinkPad T43 to work with GENMU. I have, obviously, missed something. I can get the computer to do all that is expected, except to actually connect to the router. Effectively, the "cable" is missing, otherwise it looks good. The "cable" is supplied by the WPAsupplicant. I will report back, if I can figure it out.

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