Some information I forgot to include: PCMCIA wireless card make: D-Link Model: DWL-650
I saw on a website I can't remember that this card was supported in Linux. The website didn't mention how difficult it might be to get it running ;). -Noah On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Noah A Hicks wrote: > Well derek, I did exactly as you said but I don't see any thing on the MDK > control center wizard regarding wireless networking. It only shows my > ethernet card. I installed the RPMS you suggested with grpmi. > dmesg does not show anything with PCMCIA. > > I have > found an article on: > http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/02/17/1610206.shtml?tid=14 > with looks really similar to my problem. I have tried the first few > steps with no success. Any other pointers? > Thanks alot > Noah > > 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 > >
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