Author: sparky Date: Fri Mar 3 17:22:50 2006 New Revision: 7081 Added: ppcrcd/trunk/doc/README.AirPort2 Log: - quick AirPort 2 reference
Added: ppcrcd/trunk/doc/README.AirPort2 ============================================================================== --- (empty file) +++ ppcrcd/trunk/doc/README.AirPort2 Fri Mar 3 17:22:50 2006 @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Fast AirPort 2 reference: + +prepare room for firmware (already in /etc/fstab) +$ mount /lib/firmware/ +$ cd /lib/firmware/ + +if you have OS X installed ppcrcd should detect it and create mount point +$ mount /mnt/hda3_Mac_OS_X/ + +$ bcm43xx-fwcutter /mnt/hda3_Mac_OS_X/System/Library/Extensions/AppleAirPort2.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleAirPort2 +fwcutter can cut the firmware out of /mnt/hda3_Mac_OS_X/System/Library/Extensions/AppleAirPort2.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleAirPort2 + filename : AppleAirPort2 + version : 3.90.34.0.p11 (400.17) + MD5 : ca0f34df2f0bfb8b5cfd83b5848d2bf5 +[...] +extracting bcm43xx_initval09.fw ... +extracting bcm43xx_initval10.fw ... + +module should be loaded already, but if not: +$ echo "alias eth0 bcm43xx" >> /etc/modprobe.conf + +now edit config: +$ vim /etc/sysconfig/interfaces/ifcfg-eth0 +some usual options: +WLAN_NICKNAME="ppcrcd" (required) +WLAN_ESSID="network_name" +WLAN_KEY="s:wep passwd" + +and the last thing is: +$ ifup eth0 +Determining IP information for eth0 (dhcpcd).......................[ DONE ] + + +NOTE: I was never able to connect :( _______________________________________________ pld-cvs-commit mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-cvs-commit
