Hi,
Works great with the iwconfig and the hermes.conf file. I had to add
the the following to:
wireless.opts------------------------------------------------
# Activate with "cardctl scheme linksys"
# Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
linksys,*,*,*)
INFO="Home Wireless"
ESSID="linksys"
;;
# Linksys WPC11 v3
*,*,*,A9:47:99:*)
INFO="Linksys WPC11 v3"
ESSID="linksys"
RATE="11M auto"
;;
hermes.conf---------------------------------------------
card "Linksys WPC11 v3"
manfid 0x0274, 0x1613
bind "orinoco_cs"
I use a shell script to activate the card and set my 128 key. Should be
easier than this, it seems mandrake is ignoring the problem.
Simon
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Frank Griffin wrote:
>
> Nael Mohammad wrote:
>
>> After installing RC1 and in process of downloading
>> RC2, I noticed that Linksys Wireless PC Cards Version
>> 3 is not supported just like the NETGEAR wireless nic
>> cards.
>
> The current pcmcia-cs package and the MDK kernel already contain the
> drivers for the Linksys WPC11 version 3 cards (orinoco_cs). The
> problem is that MDK ships a config file which is missing a valid entry
> for the card. Even the config included in the base pcmcia-cs package
> has an outdated entry. The other more major problem is that even
> though MDK is shipping the driver, it isn't included in the list of
> drivers in the configuration tool. This has been this way at least
> since beta2, and I've reported it about 4 times, but no one will
> comment as to if or when it will be fixed.
>
>
> Frank Griffin wrote:
>
>> I just tried an RC1 install on the laptop with the Linksys WPC11. In
>> spite of the fact that the orinoco_cs driver is compiled and present
>> in /lib/modules, there is still no entry in the MDK drop-down driver
>> list for it during install.
>>
>> Also, the card is not detected because the pcmcia-cs package config
>> file has still not had the WPC11 entry added to it. Is there some
>> problem with doing this ? From the changelog, I can see that the
>> package was rebuilt after beta4, and I've been reporting this since
>> beta2. As I've pointed out, the MDK config contains much less than
>> the config which is included with the pcmcia-cs version from which
>> it's built, and even the current author's config has an outdated
>> entry for the card which will not work.
>>
>> If the driver were included in the Draknet choices, at least I would
>> be able to configure manually. But without Draknet's help, I don't
>> seem to be able to find all of the hidden places that are supposed to
>> contain things like IP address, Gateway, etc.
>>
>>
>> Frank Griffin wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The problem I reported for b3 still exists:
>>>
>>>
>>>>The problem is twofold:
>>>>
>>>>(1) The /etc/pcmcia/config that ships with Beta3 is not the config that
>>>>is part of pcmcia-cs-3.2.0. It is about 6K shorter, and contains no
>>>>entries at all for the Linksys Wireless cards.
>>>>
>>>>(2) The /etc/pcmcia/config that is part of 3.2.0 is wrong in regards to
>>>>the Linksys WPC11. The entry needs to read:
>>>>
>>>>card "Linksys WPC11 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card"
>>>> version "The Linksys Group, Inc.", "Instant Wireless Network
>>>>PC Card"
>>>> bind "orinoco_cs"
>>>>
>>>>The version line in the existing file is wrong (at least for my version
>>>>of the card).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The config entry as shipped in 3.2.0 is for an older version of the
>>> card, and the above entry needs to be added. Also, the orinoco_cs
>>> driver is shipped with the MDK kernel, but does not appear in the
>>> Network Wizard selection list during the install. Is there any
>>> reason why all of the built drivers shouldn't be selectable ?
>>>
>>> Finally, the b4 network install autodetect did not detect my serial
>>> PCMCIA card and flag "modem" as a configurable option. b3 didn't
>>> detect it either, although b2 did.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
