[ale] WiFi Hotspot Oddity

[adrin at bellsouth.net (H. A. Story)]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:

>Three different hotspots in Snellville, at least two of which are 
>T-Mobile, gave me this on interface start:
>
> * Starting eth1
> *   Configuring wireless network for eth1
>Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 19
>of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17.
>Some things may be broken...
>
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>
WOW, Google that warning and you get loads of returns.

> *     eth1 connected to "ground round" at 00:0F:CC:3D:11:CC
> *     in auto mode (WEP disabled)
> *   Bringing up eth1
> *     dhcp
> *       Running dhcpcd 
>...                                                                         
>[ ok ]
> *       eth1 received address 72.151.96.12
>
>Even though I got a default router IP, I could not ping it, nor could I 
>get out to the Internet. 
>
>This does not happen when I camp out at the Panera Bread in Gwinnett 
>Place Mall.  What is it referring to when it says "this program?"
>
>Jeff
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