On Tuesday 18 Feb 2003 5:35 am, Noah A Hicks wrote: > Could anyone tell me the basic steps to getting a pcmcia wireless card > setup on MDK 9.0? I have just purchased a card and I recall MDK Linux > setup asking me if I had a PCMCIA card but at that time I did not. I've > looked at: > http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ > and I downloaded the file from: > https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcmcia-cs/ > but I don't know if I should start unpacking this file and compiling > everything or if MDK has some way of setting it up. The system seems to > know that something has happened when I plug it in, so maybe it's just a > matter of loading modules into the kernel. I have no idea. > Thanks for any info, > -Noah
No do not compile anything. Everything is already available. If you did not have a pcmcia adapter in your computer when you installed then you need to install pcmcia-cs which is already on your CDs. Just use your Mandrake Software Manager. You will also need to install wireless-tools RPM (from your CD) Next take a look at the file /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia and make sure it says PCMCIA=yes Now do a reboot with your card plugged in and you should hear some 'beeps' when the Pcmcia slot is activated. Now just go through the networking wizard in Mandrake Control Centre, and hopefully it will detetct your card type and offer you the wireless parameters to set up. The important ones are :- MODE Managed or Ad-Hoc ESSID to match your network RATE 11M KEY your encryption key either in Hex as 11:22:33:44:55 , or in ascii as s:mykey You did not actually say what type if card you have. So we will have to guess if it is a supported model. If it does not work type dmesg in a terminal and look for the setup messages for the pcmcia slot. HTH derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
