Wireless cards need a bit more information than an IP address before they can start working. As a minimum they need an ESSID name which defines their 'workgroup', and a wireless encrytion key so you do not broadcast all your personal data about the neighbourhood.
You can set these while the system is running with the command iwconfig (Note iw, not if) Refer to the manual for details of how to use it. As an example the command iwconfig eth0 esssid workgroup_name key s:password is all I need to get my wireless card talking to the wireless hub. (Naturally the hub and the wireless card need to be set up with the same key and essid ) Once you have it working you can either put that iwconfig command in your /etc/rc.local file for execution at boot time or put the parameters into the file /etc/pcmcia/config.opts something like this :- module "wvlan_cs" opts "essid workgroup_name key s:password" Hope that helps derek BTW: Once you have it working, if you use KDE there is a nice little utility called korinoco which will put a signal strength icon in your KDE task bar. Search for it on www.sourceforge.net The RedHat RPM works fine, so long as you move one file into a different location. Look in the mailing list section on the korinoco site for details. On Thursday 31 January 2002 13:46, nick of time wrote: > This error occurs on a sony vaio r505te running mandrake 8.2beta with a USR > wireless lan card ( using wvlan_cs module ) and an intel pro 100 integrated > card ( eepro 100 module ). The integrated ethernet card works, the wireless > card does not(does not load at boot and does not get an ip address with > 'ifconfig eth1 -dynamic up'). > > lsmod shows that the wvlan_cs module is loaded. > > I used DrakeNet to configure the networking but the problem is still there. > > I receive the following error during boot: > cardmgr[843]: config error, file './config.opts' line 8: no function > bindings > > BEGIN--/etc/config.opts------------- > line x: > ... > line 8: include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff > line 9: include memory 0xc0000-0xffff > line 10: include memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff, memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff > ... > line xx: > END--/etc/config.opts------------- > > *NOTE: commented out line 8 and same error occured for line 9. I tried > commenting out all 3 lines and I received the same no function binding > error but for line 16 now. > > I have tried googling this topic and I have not come up with that much, if > anyone has any input or can point me in a direction where I will be able to > correct this configuration problem myself I would greatly appreciate it. If > you know whats wrong from reading this email and have a quick fix via > response, I appreciated it even more. > > Nick > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
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