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scum n00b
Joined: 01 Dec 2002 Posts: 5
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2002 9:32 pm Post subject: Almost got this wireless pcmcia thing down |
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Man, if it weren't for some scattered posts on these boards I'd be really frustrated right now. Anyways, here's the story:
Basically, did what was stated in this post. Edited /etc/wlan/wlan.conf, wlancfg-random (my ESSID) and /etc/pcmcia/network.opts with my relevant info. My Linksys WPC11 is on, can ping the gateway but won't resolve hostnames. /etc/resolv.conf has my correct nameservers as does /etc/pcmcia/network.opts. ifconfig shows wlan0 as up and running.
Now, I did NOT compile the kernel with Wireless Lan (non-hamradio) support so there are no wireless extensions. Do I need to go back, recompile wireless lan into the kernel, recompile linux-wlan, re-emerge pcmcia-cs just so I can resolve hostnames? Accord. to Jean Tourrilhes, wireless extensions should be compiled in the kernel. Should the card work at all without these?
I haven't touched /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts yet as iwconfig won't work w/o the wireless extensions. |
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scum n00b
Joined: 01 Dec 2002 Posts: 5
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2002 3:04 am Post subject: |
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Well, I figured it out. Forgot something very simple.
route add -net default gw **** netmask **** metric 1
Works great now (no switching cat 5 back and forth). But I'm still curious about no wireless extensions and the wireless tools. Anyone know what the lack of these will do? I guess I'll recompile and re-emerge everything later but it's no longer a priority.
Thanks for being there. |
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krt Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Posts: 102 Location: Earth
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Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 9:39 am Post subject: |
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[quote] But I'm still curious about no wireless extensions and the wireless tools. Anyone know what the lack of these will do? I guess I'll recompile and re-emerge everything later but it's no longer a priority.
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For starters, if you're using a prism2 based card, I highly suggest grabbing the hostap driver (its awesome for clients too!). Its not in portage yet, but works nicely!
you can find hostap here:
http://hostap.epitest.fi/
as for wireless tools and extensions, a lot of "Extra" programs, such as wavemon, require them. Not having wavemon with wireless is a shame!
unlike hostap, wavemon -is- in portage. Check it out! _________________ Everyone has something clever for a signature but me. |
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bps7j Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 20 Dec 2002 Posts: 83 Location: Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 5:12 pm Post subject: note on modules in the kernel |
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I am using a Cisco Aironet 350 series and also want a standard 3com to work without any contortions. I was able to get the aironet to work for me during installation but then had trouble getting it to be recognized after reboot into my new system. I hope this helps someone:
The cisco and the 3com cards are *both* supported by pcmcia-cs and you don't need to bother with wlan or anything; and also, they will show up as eth* not wlan* which is nice. But note that when you emerge pcmcia-cs, *it checks your kernel config* to tell how it should be built (I assume -- why else would it do that?). Thus you must have your kernel properly configured before you emerge pcmcia-cs.
When you DO emerge pcmcia-cs, note the output says some things about how to properly configure your kernel! This usually scrolls right by and you miss it, so try running
Code: | emerge pcmcia-cs | tee > someFileYouWantToReadLater |
and then you can look at the output later. Basically it says
Quote: | PCMCIA/CardBus support under General Setup is off and Wireless LAN (non-ham radio) is on but no modules or drivers turned on under Network Device Support if you have wireless |
This worked for me, post a reply if you want more details or send mail to me at yahoo. _________________ There are only 10 kinds of people:
those who understand binary and those who don't. |
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bps7j Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 20 Dec 2002 Posts: 83 Location: Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 5:20 pm Post subject: further note |
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http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS
for a list of cards that are supported by pcmcia-cs _________________ There are only 10 kinds of people:
those who understand binary and those who don't. |
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