Thanks for your advice. I downloaded linux-wlan and will try to get it to work. I still think that I should be able to use the Hermes driver. In the kernel documentation, it says that it supports the "IBM High Rate Wireless Card." I am able to "modprob hermes" and "lsmod" to verify that hermes was loaded into the kernel. From there, I am still stuck. I am unable to figure out if "hermes" actually created a device, i.e., eth1, wlan0, etc. It dosen't appear so. Until, the device itself is created, it dosen't seem that using "alias eth2=hermes", or configuring "/etc/network/interfaces" will do any good.
Is anyone actually using the built-in PCI card--NOT A PCMCIA CARD--on the T23. If so, how did you get it up and running? Many thanks, Bryan --- Tony Rein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 22:54, Bryan Daniels wrote: > > I am running Debian 3.0 with kernel 2.4.16 on a > > ThinkPad T23. It has a built-in wireless > > capability--through a "mini-combo" PCI card. (It > is > > *not* a PCMCIA card.) The wireless network adapter > is > > a "IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI Combo Card." > It > > is made by Actiontec Electronics, Inc--it appears > to > > have a PRISM chipset. > > > > Reading through various wireless websites and > > Wireless-HOWTO, I think that the driver/module for > > this adapter is either "Hermes" or "Orinoco". > > Amazingly, both are available as kernel modules. I > > have succesfully been able to modprobe both, but > that > > is as far as I get. I am stuck. I am not sure what > to > > do next. Looking throug dmesg, it appears that the > > kernel recognizes the presence of the PCI card, > but it > > does not automatically assign it to eth1 like it > does > > eth0 with the Ethernet card. Moreover, I am unable > to > > use the ifconfig or ifup commands. > > > > Any suggestions would be most helpful. > > > > Bryan Daniels > > > Bryan, > > I recently got a Thinkpad X22. I didn't have the > nerve to try the > built-in wireless, so I got one without and got a > Linksys PCMCIA card, > also with a Prism chipset. It works great using the > linux-wlan driver, > available from > http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/. > > Note that there are two projects there - linux-wlan > and linux-wlan-ng > ("New Generation?"). You want the "ng" one. > > It comes with a fairly good README with build > instructions. I recall > seeing instructions for building a PCI driver > instead of the PCMCIA one, > but of course I haven't tried it. Good luck. > > Tony > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
