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mannyl
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 Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2002 11:45 pm Post subject: 3COM PCI 80211.b |
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I have a 3COM PCI 802.11b adapter that I am trying to activate. If I do a
car /proc/pci I see in the output
Bus 1, device 13, function 0:
Network controller: PCI device 10b7:7770 (3Com Corporation) (rev 2).
IRQ 9.
I/O at 0x6480 [0x64ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xc6ffe000 [0xc6ffefff].
I/O at 0x6800 [0x683f].
So I know the card is being seen, What driver do I need to use this card. I'm trying to make this system act as an access point. I've read over the AP_HOWTO but it doesn't tell me how to activate this card. |
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ShadyMilkman
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2002 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not sure if you've tried this, but my 802.11b PCI card (Dlink DWL series) is supported by the linux-wlan driver. Check out www.linux-wlan.com and download a driver from ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/
That should work, you're also gonna have to add some wlanctl-ng commands to your startup scripts.
Here's what mine is: | Code: |
#/sbin/runscript
start(){
ebegin "Starting wireless network"
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=home authtype=opensystem
dhcpcd wlan0
}
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Of course do that after you've modprobed prism2_pci (or whatever your driver is). Encryption is a little trickier, but google for it and you should find it. |
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ronmon
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Joined: 15 Apr 2002
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Location: Key West, FL
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| Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| You can check here to see if your card is supported and if so, what driver it uses. |
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