On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 13:29, Aaron Peromsik wrote: > > Frederic Soulier wrote: > FS> 3) What is the status for wlan-ng (prism2 stuff) and LM9.0? > FS> Can wlan-ng be installed alongside LM9.0 and a normal distribution of > FS> pcmcia-cs? > > You don't need a different version of pcmcis-cs -- the prism2_cs > driver from wlan-ng is included in the Mandrake kernel packages as of > 9.0. You do need the configuration utilities from wlan-ng, which are > not included. I have packaged them here: > > http://users.erols.com/peromsik/prism2-utils-0.1.14-1mdk.i586.rpm > http://users.erols.com/peromsik/prism2-utils-0.1.14-1mdk.src.rpm
Great! Thanks. > [The second is the source RPM, included as a subtle hint to the cooker > developers-- you don't need it.] > > To use the driver with PCMCIA cards: > (1) install prism2-utils > (2) edit /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.opts with your network settings, > (3) make sure you have an /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 > (probably you already have ifcfg-eth0 to use as a guide). > (4) Then, "service pcmcia restart" and you should be in business. Yep it's all great now including WEP128 :) Now it's time to setup IPSEC, so more fun in sight ;) Hope the good folks at mandrake take note of all the wireless stuff and will make it available for for 9.1 :) > By the way, plx-based PCI cards work too, with a similar procedure: > (1) install prism2-utils, > (2) edit /etc/wlan.conf with your network settings, > (3) make sure you have an /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 > (probably you already have ifcfg-eth0 to use as a guide). > (4) add one line to /etc/modules.conf: > "alias wlan0 prism2_plx"(4) "chkconfig --add wlan". > (5) start the driver. The easiest way would be to reboot, but you > could instead make sure any other driver (like orinoco_plx) is unloaded > first, and then run "service wlan start; service network restart". Can't try this one. /Fred
