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[PLUG] Setting up a LinkSys Wireless NIC
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I bought a LinkSys Wireless NIC (WPC 11 v3), and a LinkSys Wireless Access
Point. I set the Ap to a static address, and no WEP (I can just see the
feathers rustling now :-); I'll change that after I get the NIC working).
This card uses the PRISM driver, so I downloaded the drivers from
ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/, and compiled them. On a reboot
(wth the new NIC loaded, as well as the old NIC), I get these devices:
root@inspiron-3k:/usr/local/src# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:DA:EA:2E
inet addr:192.168.100.51 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:650 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:489 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:2 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:748249 (730.7 KiB) TX bytes:41287 (40.3 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x400
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:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:400 (400.0 b) TX bytes:400 (400.0 b)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:25:AA:0B:1B
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100
So I presume the driver is loading properly for the new NIC.
root@inspiron-3k:/usr/local/src# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
prism2_cs 54256 0 (unused)
p80211 9192 1 [prism2_cs]
3c575_cb 19876 2
cb_enabler 2528 2 [3c575_cb]
ds 6688 2 [prism2_cs cb_enabler]
sb 7360 0 (unused)
sb_lib 33184 0 [sb]
uart401 6144 0 [sb_lib]
sound 53772 0 [sb_lib uart401]
soundcore 3588 5 [sb_lib sound]
isa-pnp 28872 0 [sb]
printer 5472 0 (unused)
ide-cd 26560 0
sr_mod 13784 0 (unused)
cdrom 27296 0 [ide-cd sr_mod]
rtc 5560 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 7648 0
scsi_mod 50044 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]
i82365 22288 2
pcmcia_core 40992 0 [prism2_cs cb_enabler ds i82365]
parport_pc 15912 1 (autoclean)
lp 5888 0 (autoclean)
parport 23840 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
but ... where do I go from here? I have a DHCP server running on the wired
part of my LAN, but "pump" doesn't seem to locate an address for "wlan0".
(I tried "pump" and "pump -i wlan0"
Anybody have any experience with this card, and can lead me to the next steps
to get it working?
(OS = Libranet, kernel = 2.4.16)
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