[TriLUG] wlan setup

[John F Davis]

Kevin,

I didn't read the earlier posts, but from reading below are you having
trouble getting pcmica module to recognize your wireless network card?  if
so, you are in the same boat I was.  I would insert my card and it would
print a hw string in /var/log/kern.log which was not in pcmica/config
stanza.  The fix is find the corresponding chipset for a card in config and
dupe it with the actual string.

ie.

Add this:
crd "Xircom Wireless Ethernet Adapter"
      manfid 0x105, 0x0007
      bind "airo_cs"

card "Aironet PC4800"
      manfid 0x15f, 0x0007
      bind "airo_cs"

This because Cisco bought Airo and the Xircom card uses "cisco technology".




JD


Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney <alchemist at darkcanvas.com>@trilug.org on
03/28/2002 10:43:02 AM

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On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 09:28, Geoff Purdy wrote:
> Thanks that should give me a good start.  I'll give that a try at home
this
> evening.  Which section of the /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts file does it go
in?
> As I recall, there are a bunch of sections some of which appear to be
related
> to ad-hoc networks.  Or do I include only the above lines in
wireless.opts?

I put it first and commented out all the "generic" stuff.

> Also, did you have to flash the firmware before using the Orinoco card
under
> linux?  I read an O'Reilly article (

Nope. We did upgrade the firmware (my sysadmin did it for me) not that
long ago, so if you can, do it.

> http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a//wireless/2000/11/03/wavelan.html ) which
> recommended (required?) flashing the firmware in the PC card before use.
> Given that the software to flash the firmware requires Windows, which I
don't
> have, I'd like to postpone that part if it isn't necessary.

FYI - this is why I keep the pre-installed partition on my laptop. The
manufacturers don't always include DOS or Linux compatible BIOS or
firmware flash upgrade programs.

HTH....

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