David, Thanks for the info. What did not come out clearly is that SuSE8.1 automa- gically does this for you, but it didn't work. The only way to get the eth-pcmcia card recognized as wlan was to symlink it. I tried putting the info in wireless.opts, no go. It keeps telling me it cannot find an interface, no matter what I put. I read and followed the SxS from Jascek while I was using 8.0 and it worked like a charm until about 3 weeks ago it went south, so I decided this would be a go time to go up to 8.1 and see if it would work under it.
Also, I dunno if 128-bit key is hindering me or not. I have not tried to configure from the command line as you suggest, but I will give it a try. BTW, I am just a novice linux user, so some things, I just don't know how to do, but I have been on this list for a long time and gotten a lot of GOOD info, SxS, and the like, so I really appreciate your and everyone else's response. Best Regards, Keith B> "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 09 Oct 2002 06:33:26 -0400 >begin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: > >> Guys, >> >> Can we get back on subject here. I started this thread asking about >> help/experience with the built-in wireless setup under SuSE 8.1 and >> it has digressed to cups vs lprng. >> >> Could people please offer suggestions about wireless. Again, I have >> got the card recognized, symlinked to eth-pcmcia-0, but it doesn't >> see the WAP. I will keep trying and post a "How I did it" once/if I >> get it going. >> > >I don't understand the "symlinked" comment above. > >Wireless cards under linux come up as either eth# or wlan#. You use >ifconfig to configure the card as you would any other ethernet device. >You then use iwconfig to configure the wireless portion of the card. So >you can either do this manually or via the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts and >/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts files. > >insert the card. dmesg will tell you what it is (eth or wlan). >Manual configuration: >ifconfig [eth# | wlan#] 192.168.3.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast >192.168.3.255 >route add default gw 192.168.3.1 > >iwconfig [eth# | wlan#] essid home >iwconfig [eth# | wlan#] key s:secrt >iwconfig [eth# | wlan#] mode [ ad-hoc | managed ] (prism 2 and above >understand master if you install the host_ap utilities) >iwconfig [eth# | wlan#] channel # (alternately: iwconfig [eth# | wlan#] >freq 2.4##G) > >Automagically: >just configure the appropriate files as listed above. Read the >instructions in wireless.opts, they're fairly comprehensive. > > >[snip] > >Ciao, > >David A. Bandel >-- >Focus on the dream, not the competition. > -- Nemesis Racing Team motto >_______________________________________________ >Linux-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
