BTW: I should have also said. If your pcmcia card is not detected then look at the file /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia It should read
PCMCIA=yes PCIC=yenta_socket derek On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 13:04:37 +0000 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 13:06:50 +1100 > "Patrick Griffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > Running mandrake 8.2 and I'm trying to install a plx wireless carrier with >an Orinoco wireless card. Tried reading the how to's with no success. Can any one >step me through how to add this module. Hardware reports an unknown device. > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Regards pat > > You need to install the pcmcia_cs and wireless-tools RPMS from your CDs > Then next time you reboot yor pcmcia sockets should be detected and become active. >You will hear two beeps from your computer when the pcmcia slots are enabled. Two >beeps of different tone means your oricoco card was detected OK. Two beeps of same >tone means it was not. > > Go through the Mandrake Control Centre Networking wizard. It should have detected >your card and installed the 'wvlan_cs' driver. In the wizard you can set the wireless >parameters (encryption key rate etc) after you complete the wizard with OK, DO NOT >exit the GUI with OK. A bug means that it will write your old configuration back >again. You must exit the GUI with 'Cancel' > > Your card should now be working. If it is not it is most likely a problem with >encryption key or essid (Note ASCII encryption keys have to be entered in the format >s:key_name ) > You can use the command 'iwconfig eth0' in a root terminal window to set up the >wireless card by hand, and 'man iwconfig' will give you all the parameters. > > HTH > > derek > >
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