Bogus Network Connection?, Zaurus Connects - but doesn't? Options

[Jacknife]

I'm able to connect to my WAP with 100% signal strength/quality, but am not able to see the Zaurus from my network nor the network from my Zaurus. I've never seen an issue like this before, and I'm kind of at a loss. I'm hoping that someone has seen this type of issue before and found a way to fix it.

Anyway, here's some network configuration dumps from both my Zaurus and Linux desktop:

Zaurus:

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home/zaurus>/sbin/route;/sbin/route -n;/sbin/ifconfig
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 wlan0
default         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    1      0        0 wlan0
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 wlan0
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    1      0        0 wlan0
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
         inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
         RX packets:848 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:848 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
         RX bytes:89821 (87.7 Kb)  TX bytes:89821 (87.7 Kb)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:7A:58:C9:D9
         inet addr:192.168.1.104  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
         RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
         RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:864 (864.0 b)
         Interrupt:135

Work station:

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/home/jacknife>/sbin/route;/sbin/route -n;/sbin/ifconfig
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
169.254.0.0     *               255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
default         router          0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:C9:A5:DD:BB  
         inet addr:192.168.1.111  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
         RX packets:463174 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:1935924 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
         RX bytes:86686511 (82.6 Mb)  TX bytes:266125014 (253.7 Mb)
         Interrupt:9 Base address:0xccc0 Memory:f7000000-f7000038

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
         inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
         RX packets:68549 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:68549 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
         RX bytes:16182631 (15.4 Mb)  TX bytes:16182631 (15.4 Mb)

I know that at least my WAP can see the Zaurus connecting, because there is an entry in the logs with the connect time and MAC addresss. Despite this fact, I'm not able to ping the WAP from my Zaurus.

[speculatrix]

I'm able to connect to my WAP with 100% signal strength/quality, but am not able to see the

have you locked down the wlan AP to specific ethernet MAC addresses?

check the settings; this could account.

also, have you turned on firewalling on zaurus? do "iptables -L -v".

Paul

[Jacknife]

have you locked down the wlan AP to specific ethernet MAC addresses?

check the settings; this could account.

also, have you turned on firewalling on zaurus? do "iptables -L -v".

Thanks for responding. I didn't have the AP restricted to known MAC addresses, and didn't have firewalling enabled on the Zaurus.

Since my original posting, I've spent multiple hours reviewing various configuration settings on the Zaurus as well as testing the CF wireless card in other devices. To make a very long story short, I tracked the problem down to a bug in the WEP keys on the Zaurus. I also had to change my AP's authentication type from supporting both Open System and Shared Key to just the Open System option.

I have the feeling that WEP won't work with my Zaurus until I flash it with the newer ROM (currently running v1.00 on the SL-C3000). However I'm new to the Zaurii and am concerned about "bricking" it on a bad flash attempt. I've been trying to follow the ROM related threads and become intimate/comfortable with the flashing process.

Anyway, I hope that this thread will prove useful to anyone else that may be experiencing a similar issue. I'll post an update once/if I find a way to get WEP working properly on the SL-C3000.