[newbie] Wireless adapter
I have this laptop I bought me recently, and the wireless adapter driver fails to install. I get the error message when I select to configure a wireless connection: Driver ath_pci failed on /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm line 302. Do you think I have any hope to put this adapter (Atheros AR5005GS) to work? Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Mouse
Matt Florido wrote: Just wondering if anyone has had success using a wireless mouse on M10.1? I can't seem to get the basic mouse from MS to work correct. I'm using a USB to PS2 adapter. It should function like a standard PS2 3-button mouse w/ scroll wheel. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I have a Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse. It's not wireless. It DOES come with a USB to PS/2 adapter. I use it as USB though. I did have some trouble with the scroll not working. This was also the case on a friend's pc with 10.0. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Mouse
Matt Florido wrote: Just wondering if anyone has had success using a wireless mouse on M10.1? I can't seem to get the basic mouse from MS to work correct. I'm using a USB to PS2 adapter. It should function like a standard PS2 3-button mouse w/ scroll wheel. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I missed a point in the first email, that Mandrake accepts it as USB mounse, even though I select and test it as a USB scroll mouse. Well, the scroll didn't work on 10.0 twice and worked once. On 10.1 it worked. So... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Mouse
On Monday 17 Jan 2005 04:07, Matt Florido wrote: Just wondering if anyone has had success using a wireless mouse on M10.1? I can't seem to get the basic mouse from MS to work correct. I'm using a USB to PS2 adapter. It should function like a standard PS2 3-button mouse w/ scroll wheel. Thanks! I've got one working here on 10 ok, just treats it like a normal mouse. Cheers, Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Mouse
On Sunday 16 January 2005 11:07 pm, Matt Florido wrote: Just wondering if anyone has had success using a wireless mouse on M10.1? I can't seem to get the basic mouse from MS to work correct. I'm using a USB to PS2 adapter. It should function like a standard PS2 3-button mouse w/ scroll wheel. Have you run drakmouse and selected the normal scroll mouse from the list. Mine works fine here (Logitech) and I didn't do anything special. Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Here is the input device section of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Wireless Mouse
Just wondering if anyone has had success using a wireless mouse on M10.1? I can't seem to get the basic mouse from MS to work correct. I'm using a USB to PS2 adapter. It should function like a standard PS2 3-button mouse w/ scroll wheel. Thanks! -- Regards, Matt Florido Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Mouse
Matt Florido wrote: Just wondering if anyone has had success using a wireless mouse on M10.1? I can't seem to get the basic mouse from MS to work correct. I'm using a USB to PS2 adapter. It should function like a standard PS2 3-button mouse w/ scroll wheel. Thanks! Dumb question time... 1: By USB to PS2 adapter, do you mean one of the adapters that come with some mice to let you plug a USB/PS2 mouse in a PS2 poet, or an adapterer that gives you a PS2 port on a USB connection? 2: If you are plugging into a PS2 port, did the adpater come with the mouse, or is it from a different mouse? 3: Has the mouse ever worked with this setup? The reasion I ask is that the adapters that let you plug a USB mouse into a PS2 port only work with mice designed to be used that way. From what I understand, they just connect the PS2 power and data connections to the power and data lines on the USB connector, and don't do anything else. So if your mouse doesn't know how to talk to a PS2 port, and send information like a PS2 mouse instead of a USB mouse, it will not work. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Mouse
* Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [01-16-2005 22:27]: Matt Florido wrote: Just wondering if anyone has had success using a wireless mouse on M10.1? I can't seem to get the basic mouse from MS to work correct. I'm using a USB to PS2 adapter. It should function like a standard PS2 3-button mouse w/ scroll wheel. Thanks! Dumb question time... Sorry for my ambiguity. 1: By USB to PS2 adapter, do you mean one of the adapters that come with some mice to let you plug a USB/PS2 mouse in a PS2 poet, or an adapterer that gives you a PS2 port on a USB connection? The mouse interface is USB. Adapter is so I can plug it into a PS2 port. 2: If you are plugging into a PS2 port, did the adpater come with the mouse, or is it from a different mouse? It's an adapter that came with the Microsoft mouse. In fact, all USB mice that I've purchased from MS come with this teal colored USB--PS2 adapter. 3: Has the mouse ever worked with this setup? The reasion I ask is that the adapters that let you plug a USB mouse into a PS2 port only work with mice designed to be used that way. From what I understand, they just connect the PS2 power and data connections to the power and data lines on the USB connector, and don't do anything else. So if your mouse doesn't know how to talk to a PS2 port, and send information like a PS2 mouse instead of a USB mouse, it will not work. Come to think of it, this is the basic MS Wireless Optical Mouse. I've used the adapter on other models. I use others on a KVM that only has PS2 and it works with no issues. You make a good point. I shouldn't assume this mouse works in a similar manner. -- Regards, Matt Florido Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Mouse
On Sunday 16 January 2005 09:49 pm, Matt Florido wrote: * Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [01-16-2005 22:27]: Matt Florido wrote: Just wondering if anyone has had success using a wireless mouse on M10.1? I can't seem to get the basic mouse from MS to work correct. I'm using a USB to PS2 adapter. It should function like a standard PS2 3-button mouse w/ scroll wheel. Thanks! Dumb question time... Sorry for my ambiguity. 1: By USB to PS2 adapter, do you mean one of the adapters that come with some mice to let you plug a USB/PS2 mouse in a PS2 poet, or an adapterer that gives you a PS2 port on a USB connection? The mouse interface is USB. Adapter is so I can plug it into a PS2 port. 2: If you are plugging into a PS2 port, did the adpater come with the mouse, or is it from a different mouse? It's an adapter that came with the Microsoft mouse. In fact, all USB mice that I've purchased from MS come with this teal colored USB--PS2 adapter. 3: Has the mouse ever worked with this setup? The reasion I ask is that the adapters that let you plug a USB mouse into a PS2 port only work with mice designed to be used that way. From what I understand, they just connect the PS2 power and data connections to the power and data lines on the USB connector, and don't do anything else. So if your mouse doesn't know how to talk to a PS2 port, and send information like a PS2 mouse instead of a USB mouse, it will not work. Come to think of it, this is the basic MS Wireless Optical Mouse. I've used the adapter on other models. I use others on a KVM that only has PS2 and it works with no issues. You make a good point. I shouldn't assume this mouse works in a similar manner. I use a iOne Lynk mark 7 plugged into a KVM switch and it seems to work for me one thing you have to click it to wake it up otherwise press the button on the USB reciever and within 5 seconds press the button on the bottom of the mouse HTH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless mouse
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 13 Jan 2005 03:22, Aron Smith wrote: i-one wireless mouse lynx MVII works perfectly in 10.2 hooray! The TWiki is woefully ignorant of wireless peripherals and compatibility. Could you start us off with an entry under http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/HardwareCompatibility? If you're not happy about how to make a new page, I'll do that for you and you can just fill in your entry. Thanks Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB5kJ0kFAvMr/nNX8RAhaLAKCQ+F5DKeWR548PIIDsNlzzRzZtbgCdEyQ2 uMDX43IwBchntG0KaIugy4o= =Q6v0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless mouse
On Thursday 13 January 2005 01:42 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 13 Jan 2005 03:22, Aron Smith wrote: i-one wireless mouse lynx MVII works perfectly in 10.2 hooray! The TWiki is woefully ignorant of wireless peripherals and compatibility. Could you start us off with an entry under http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/HardwareCompatibility? If you're not happy about how to make a new page, I'll do that for you and you can just fill in your entry. Thanks If you would please thanks Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless mouse
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 13 Jan 2005 13:13, Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 13 January 2005 01:42 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 13 Jan 2005 03:22, Aron Smith wrote: i-one wireless mouse lynx MVII works perfectly in 10.2 hooray! The TWiki is woefully ignorant of wireless peripherals and compatibility. Could you start us off with an entry under http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/HardwareCompatibility? If you're not happy about how to make a new page, I'll do that for you and you can just fill in your entry. Thanks If you would please thanks OK - go to http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/preview/Main/WirelessPeripherals I don't know what other categories we need here. Add anything that is relevant. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB5nbPkFAvMr/nNX8RAts1AJ9Fz5jwah5oBaG0+JL0t4t8Uy+k/wCeJw7Y +93BzVokoOeWuCaVn/2cndY= =N3lM -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Wireless mouse
i-one wireless mouse lynx MVII works perfectly in 10.2 hooray! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Wireless Lan Help Needed
Hello All, Let me start by wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR and I hope your year is prosperous. I have been using Mandrake 10.0 in my home office on a Linksys LAN(hardware is Linksys router and Hub) with no problems. I also have a Linksys 802.11 wireless card and access point that I now want to get up and running on my laptop. I have gone to there web site and they (Linksys) do not offer any drivers for the wireless card. What do I need to do get my wireless connection up and running. FYI- I have gone thru the Mandrake hardware installation and do not have a clue about which driver I need. Please advise. Thanks in Advance, B.J. Tracy Registered Linux User 364157 http://counter.li.org _ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilize Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Lan Help Needed
I started here http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/?PHPSESSID=18e687352446352cb52c97cc5b1b5b3e to find a driver for my wireless lan card. The final steps on configuration were beyond me and a user graciously helped me through it at this link http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=threadid=260990highlight=final+step+wifi Theres quite a bit of reading and work to do between those two links which will keep you busy for a while, but hopefully they'll sort you out. HTH Jarlath On Saturday 01 January 2005 06:33 pm, BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, Let me start by wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR and I hope your year is prosperous. I have been using Mandrake 10.0 in my home office on a Linksys LAN(hardware is Linksys router and Hub) with no problems. I also have a Linksys 802.11 wireless card and access point that I now want to get up and running on my laptop. I have gone to there web site and they (Linksys) do not offer any drivers for the wireless card. What do I need to do get my wireless connection up and running. FYI- I have gone thru the Mandrake hardware installation and do not have a clue about which driver I need. Please advise. Thanks in Advance, B.J. Tracy Registered Linux User 364157 http://counter.li.org _ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilize Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Wireless wpc54g ver2
I hope some one can point me in the right direction. This card uses the TI chipset and is recognized on boot but does not load. From dmesg I collected the following: PCI: Enabling device :02:00.0 ( - 0002) PCI: Setting latency timer of device :02:00.0 to 64 acx100_probe_pci: WARNING: ACX111 support is highly experimental! Found ACX111-based wireless network card at :02:00.0, irq:10, phymem1:0x1082, phymem2:0x1080, mem1:0xcfb0f000, mem1_size:8192, mem2:0xcfb12000, mem2_size:131072. acx100_probe_pci: using ACX111 io resource addresses (size: 54) hw_unavailable = 1 acx_show_card_eeprom_id: EEPROM card ID string check found uninitialised card ID: this is a SpeedStream SS1021 or Gigafast WF721-AEX, no?? reset hw_unavailable++ acx100_reset_mac: enable soft reset... acx100_reset_mac: disable soft reset and go to init mode... ERROR: no directory for firmware file specified, ABORTING. Make sure to set module parameter 'firmware_dir'! (specified as absolute path!) acx100_reset_dev: Failed to upload firmware to the ACX111 acx100_probe_pci: TI acx_pci: MAC initialize failure! acx100_probe_pci: TI acx_pci.o: Ver 0.2.0pre8 Loading FAILED acx_pci: probe of :02:00.0 failed with error -5 It seems that the drivers are not being loaded but I am at a loss as to what script file calls them or where the drivers are. does anyone see any other problems I need toaddress? Thanks Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless wpc54g ver2
Pat Patterson wrote: I hope some one can point me in the right direction. This card uses the TI chipset and is recognized on boot but does not load. From dmesg I collected the following: PCI: Enabling device :02:00.0 ( - 0002) PCI: Setting latency timer of device :02:00.0 to 64 acx100_probe_pci: WARNING: ACX111 support is highly experimental! Found ACX111-based wireless network card at :02:00.0, irq:10, phymem1:0x1082, phymem2:0x1080, mem1:0xcfb0f000, mem1_size:8192, mem2:0xcfb12000, mem2_size:131072. acx100_probe_pci: using ACX111 io resource addresses (size: 54) hw_unavailable = 1 acx_show_card_eeprom_id: EEPROM card ID string check found uninitialised card ID: this is a SpeedStream SS1021 or Gigafast WF721-AEX, no?? reset hw_unavailable++ acx100_reset_mac: enable soft reset... acx100_reset_mac: disable soft reset and go to init mode... ERROR: no directory for firmware file specified, ABORTING. Make sure to set module parameter 'firmware_dir'! (specified as absolute path!) acx100_reset_dev: Failed to upload firmware to the ACX111 acx100_probe_pci: TI acx_pci: MAC initialize failure! acx100_probe_pci: TI acx_pci.o: Ver 0.2.0pre8 Loading FAILED acx_pci: probe of :02:00.0 failed with error -5 It seems that the drivers are not being loaded but I am at a loss as to what script file calls them or where the drivers are. does anyone see any other problems I need toaddress? Thanks Pat Have you looked at ndiswrapper? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless wpc54g ver2
On Monday 08 November 2004 01:24, Pat Patterson wrote: I hope some one can point me in the right direction. This card uses the TI chipset and is recognized on boot but does not load. From dmesg I collected the following: SNIP ERROR: no directory for firmware file specified, ABORTING. Make sure to set module parameter 'firmware_dir'! (specified as absolute path!) SNIP It seems that the drivers are not being loaded but I am at a loss as to what script file calls them or where the drivers are. does anyone see any other problems I need toaddress? Thanks Pat You need the proprietary firmware for your card from your Windows CD This HOWTO should help you http://www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php Firmware usually goes in /lib/hotplug/firmware in Mandrake although the HOWTO mentions a different location. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless wpc54g ver2
You need the proprietary firmware for your card from your Windows CD This HOWTO should help you http://www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php Firmware usually goes in /lib/hotplug/firmware in Mandrake although the HOWTO mentions a different location. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Thanks I will look it up and try it. I thought it might be something like that but I could not find anything that said so. Let you know how i goes thanks again Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless wpc54g ver2
On 7 Nov 2004 at 18:07, Sevatio wrote: Have you looked at ndiswrapper? Yes and have had problems wit it due to ignorance i am sure :) Since this card has native support in 10.1 I want to try that first Thanks, Pat ps going to jump into what Derrick suggested in another post will report back Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Wireless showing as sl0?
I'm running 10.1 on a Dell D600 with a Broadcom wireless card. I've installed ndiswrapper, installed the Broadcom drivers, run modprobe ndiswrapper, everything seems to be OK, but when I run iwconfig I don't see a wlan0 entry, instead I get: Warning: Driver for device sl0 has been compiled with an ancient version of Wireless Extension, while this program support version 11 and later. Some things may be broken... sl0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ESSID:off/any Nickname: NWID:off/any Channel=0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 Bit Rate=-1.07375e+06kb/s Sensitivity:0/0 RTS thr=-1073746848 B Fragment thr=-1073746848 B Encryption key:--------------- Power Management:on Trying to set up the wireless card in MCC points me to the same sl0, and of course I can't get it to work. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong? ED Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] wireless card for M10
Can someone recommend a wireless PCI card that works with Mandrake 10? I'm using an 802.11b AP but would consider getting a 802.11g card in anticipation of upgrading later -- as long as it's backward compatible. Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 15 July 2004 02:34 am, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Sounds like you need a wireless bridge to do that. However I've never used 3com on linux apart from a wired pcmcia card. That may require a bit of research on your behalf. However D-link do a range of products that might fit your requirements. I'm using a dwl2100AP and a dwl900AP+, I can't decide whether to use the 900AP+ in bridge mode or repeater mode. I digress here is a link www.d-link.com or www.d-link.co.uk Regards Kevin Thanks guys for the help. - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 18:22:45 up 10:14, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA99GHkp5CsIXuxqURAiUxAJ42snmbLtdkkPYjyApzq1yrBWsXhQCfX4oc D9y8Wb2GMG4rq/YMAIU6Ki8= =wSzg -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless driver
I am using a linksys wireless bridge that works well. It's the Wet54g and links to a linksys base. Roly On Friday 16 July 2004 06:00 am, Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 15 July 2004 02:34 am, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Sounds like you need a wireless bridge to do that. However I've never used 3com on linux apart from a wired pcmcia card. That may require a bit of research on your behalf. However D-link do a range of products that might fit your requirements. I'm using a dwl2100AP and a dwl900AP+, I can't decide whether to use the 900AP+ in bridge mode or repeater mode. I digress here is a link www.d-link.com or www.d-link.co.uk Regards Kevin Thanks guys for the help. - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 18:22:45 up 10:14, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA99GHkp5CsIXuxqURAiUxAJ42snmbLtdkkPYjyApzq1yrBWsXhQCfX4oc D9y8Wb2GMG4rq/YMAIU6Ki8= =wSzg -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- MicroSoft - The company that made the internet unsafe! Linux Counter #241069 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Lan on 10.0
Pat Patterson wrote: On Wednesday 14 July 2004 02:29 pm, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Pat Patterson wrote: On Tuesday 13 July 2004 10:13 am, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Hi Mate Try this this link http://sourceforge.net/projects/acx100/ I have a dwl 520+ got it working on 9.1 but not on mandrake 10. Also try this link too which will help http://www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php. I've yet to find a wireless card that works straight away. I use a netgear ma401ra pcmcia on my dell inspiron 4000 that works fine but needs a little tweaking. Hope the above links will be of some assistance. Regards Kevin Hi Kevin, Thanks but the dwlg650 use the Atheros chip. The howto did have some good info in it though. I am also trying to use a dwl130e as a result. It loads and configures but I have not been able to connect with it either. I will work on it some more tomorrow. Thanks, Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Hi Pat How far have you gotten with the card so far? Hi Kevin, Last night I got the dwl 120 e configured with minimal problems. I should have worked but it did not. This evening I did a little more research and discovered that the atmel module does not work in the 2.6 kernel. I switched to the 2.4 and it came right up. I found a patch for 2.6 which I will apply as soon as I figure out how to apply a patch ;-) This at least gets me out of my office and into my Lazy-Boy to do email and news groups even if I have to drag a USB adapter with me. I am a happy camper. On to printing, samba, but for now I have my first totally usable Mandrake machine since I started playing wth 7.2 Hurrah!!! I will go back to the DWL g650 card once I have stopped gloating and have actully gotten a full weeks worth of real work done under Mandrake. Thanks for the help, Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Hi Pat It great too see your got your card working :) I'll have to sort mine out at somepoint when I can be bothred. Is the dwlg650 11.b or 11g card for your laptop? I might consider getting one. Regards Kevin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Wireless driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello guys, Our office has some staffs in another building which is about 50 meters away. Instead of connecting using cable, I propose to use wireless device. I've been looking into these products: Access Point: 3Com Access point 7250 Client adapter: 3Com 11a/b/g PCI Adapter I haven't tried any wireless device before. So, could you pls help me: 1. Are those devices have linux driver? Because in the specification 3Com only mention Windows driver. 2. How do I setup Linux to connect the 2 network? Any experience? Thanks. - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 14:51:15 up 5 min, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA9Oiskp5CsIXuxqURAux+AKC4qkGCCvf5gDPZqdcsUr6u4bqgMACghkDe PV4221fPtCQiW5fdkg8/OFg= =JAht -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Lan on 10.0
Pat Patterson wrote: On Tuesday 13 July 2004 10:13 am, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Hi Mate Try this this link http://sourceforge.net/projects/acx100/ I have a dwl 520+ got it working on 9.1 but not on mandrake 10. Also try this link too which will help http://www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php. I've yet to find a wireless card that works straight away. I use a netgear ma401ra pcmcia on my dell inspiron 4000 that works fine but needs a little tweaking. Hope the above links will be of some assistance. Regards Kevin Hi Kevin, Thanks but the dwlg650 use the Atheros chip. The howto did have some good info in it though. I am also trying to use a dwl130e as a result. It loads and configures but I have not been able to connect with it either. I will work on it some more tomorrow. Thanks, Pat I am using a dwlg520+ with mdk10 official and have had no problems with it. Easy to set up - just have to remove the ndiswrapper.ko that mdk instals and install ver 0.6. try http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ for more info. Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless driver
Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello guys, Our office has some staffs in another building which is about 50 meters away. Instead of connecting using cable, I propose to use wireless device. I've been looking into these products: Access Point: 3Com Access point 7250 Client adapter: 3Com 11a/b/g PCI Adapter I haven't tried any wireless device before. So, could you pls help me: 1. Are those devices have linux driver? Because in the specification 3Com only mention Windows driver. 2. How do I setup Linux to connect the 2 network? Any experience? Thanks. - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 14:51:15 up 5 min, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA9Oiskp5CsIXuxqURAux+AKC4qkGCCvf5gDPZqdcsUr6u4bqgMACghkDe PV4221fPtCQiW5fdkg8/OFg= =JAht -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Try http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ for more info. You can use the winblows drivers that come with the card and it's easy to set up. I'm using a dwlg520+ PCI card and a DWL2000+ access point on the router and it works great. hope this helps. Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Lan on 10.0
Pat Patterson wrote: On Tuesday 13 July 2004 10:13 am, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Hi Mate Try this this link http://sourceforge.net/projects/acx100/ I have a dwl 520+ got it working on 9.1 but not on mandrake 10. Also try this link too which will help http://www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php. I've yet to find a wireless card that works straight away. I use a netgear ma401ra pcmcia on my dell inspiron 4000 that works fine but needs a little tweaking. Hope the above links will be of some assistance. Regards Kevin Hi Kevin, Thanks but the dwlg650 use the Atheros chip. The howto did have some good info in it though. I am also trying to use a dwl130e as a result. It loads and configures but I have not been able to connect with it either. I will work on it some more tomorrow. Thanks, Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Hi Pat How far have you gotten with the card so far? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless driver
Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello guys, Our office has some staffs in another building which is about 50 meters away. Instead of connecting using cable, I propose to use wireless device. I've been looking into these products: Access Point: 3Com Access point 7250 Client adapter: 3Com 11a/b/g PCI Adapter I haven't tried any wireless device before. So, could you pls help me: 1. Are those devices have linux driver? Because in the specification 3Com only mention Windows driver. 2. How do I setup Linux to connect the 2 network? Any experience? Thanks. - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 14:51:15 up 5 min, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA9Oiskp5CsIXuxqURAux+AKC4qkGCCvf5gDPZqdcsUr6u4bqgMACghkDe PV4221fPtCQiW5fdkg8/OFg= =JAht -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Sounds like you need a wireless bridge to do that. However I've never used 3com on linux apart from a wired pcmcia card. That may require a bit of research on your behalf. However D-link do a range of products that might fit your requirements. I'm using a dwl2100AP and a dwl900AP+, I can't decide whether to use the 900AP+ in bridge mode or repeater mode. I digress here is a link www.d-link.com or www.d-link.co.uk Regards Kevin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Lan on 10.0
On Wednesday 14 July 2004 02:29 pm, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Pat Patterson wrote: On Tuesday 13 July 2004 10:13 am, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Hi Mate Try this this link http://sourceforge.net/projects/acx100/ I have a dwl 520+ got it working on 9.1 but not on mandrake 10. Also try this link too which will help http://www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php. I've yet to find a wireless card that works straight away. I use a netgear ma401ra pcmcia on my dell inspiron 4000 that works fine but needs a little tweaking. Hope the above links will be of some assistance. Regards Kevin Hi Kevin, Thanks but the dwlg650 use the Atheros chip. The howto did have some good info in it though. I am also trying to use a dwl130e as a result. It loads and configures but I have not been able to connect with it either. I will work on it some more tomorrow. Thanks, Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Hi Pat How far have you gotten with the card so far? Hi Kevin, Last night I got the dwl 120 e configured with minimal problems. I should have worked but it did not. This evening I did a little more research and discovered that the atmel module does not work in the 2.6 kernel. I switched to the 2.4 and it came right up. I found a patch for 2.6 which I will apply as soon as I figure out how to apply a patch ;-) This at least gets me out of my office and into my Lazy-Boy to do email and news groups even if I have to drag a USB adapter with me. I am a happy camper. On to printing, samba, but for now I have my first totally usable Mandrake machine since I started playing wth 7.2 Hurrah!!! I will go back to the DWL g650 card once I have stopped gloating and have actully gotten a full weeks worth of real work done under Mandrake. Thanks for the help, Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Lan on 10.0
On Wednesday 14 July 2004 04:16 am, graham wrote: I am using a dwlg520+ with mdk10 official and have had no problems with it. Easy to set up - just have to remove the ndiswrapper.ko that mdk instals and install ver 0.6. try http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ for more info. Graham Thanks Graham.I will try it. For now I have a usb wireless that I got working and I will follow up on your suggestion as soon as I get a couple other things workng. Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Lan on 10.0
On Tuesday 13 July 2004 10:13 am, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Hi Mate Try this this link http://sourceforge.net/projects/acx100/ I have a dwl 520+ got it working on 9.1 but not on mandrake 10. Also try this link too which will help http://www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php. I've yet to find a wireless card that works straight away. I use a netgear ma401ra pcmcia on my dell inspiron 4000 that works fine but needs a little tweaking. Hope the above links will be of some assistance. Regards Kevin Hi Kevin, Thanks but the dwlg650 use the Atheros chip. The howto did have some good info in it though. I am also trying to use a dwl130e as a result. It loads and configures but I have not been able to connect with it either. I will work on it some more tomorrow. Thanks, Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Wireless Lan on 10.0
I have installed 10.0 on my hp ze4325us laptop and the basic install was great. Video, sound, wired lan all working out of the box. I have not messed with samba or printing yet but I am working on getting DWLG650 card to work. I have found and ollowed several howtos and managed to update the kernel and install the modules. I have created the network script and have added alias ath0 ath_pci to modules.conf and modprobe. During startup I get the message the Ath0_pci cannot find the hardware. ineither ifconfig or iwconfig show the ath0. dmesg give me the following: ath_hal: no version for struct_module found: kernel tainted. ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. ath_hal: No versions for exported symbols. Tainting kernel. ath_hal: 0.9.5.3 BETA (Sam Leffler [EMAIL PROTECTED]) wlan: No versions for exported symbols. Tainting kernel. wlan: 0.7.1.1 BETA (Sam Leffler [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ath_pci: 0.8.3.2 BETA (Sam Leffler [EMAIL PROTECTED]) PCI: Enabling device :02:00.0 ( - 0002) ath_pci: cache line size not set; forcing 8 ath%d: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13 Can anyone point me to what to do next? Is there a wireless G card out there that you can just pop in and go? Thanks, Pat Patterson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card
Glenn wrote: On Tuesday 22 June 2004 22:41, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: I will probably get flamed for saying this, but the Microsoft MN-520 works with Mandrake 9.2, and I would think 10.0 I think it also works with XP. ;) On the other hand, it doesn't exactly work 'out of the box' in Linux. You have to add 3 lines to the pcmcia config file so that the proper driver is loaded for the card. If they have any left, Office Max was closing them out for less then $20. Mikkel Mikkel; I just ordered one of these from JR Music (no luck at Office Max). Can you provide a pointer to the proper install/configuration to make this card behave well (the 3 lines you mentioned, specifically g). TIA; Glenn In /etc/pcmcia/config, in the Wireless network adapters section, add: card Microsoft Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-520 1.0.3 version Microsoft, Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-520, , 1.0.3 bind orinoco_cs Do you know which would be the lines for a 2WIRE 802.11 g PC Card Wireless Adapter? Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card
On Tuesday 22 June 2004 22:41, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: I will probably get flamed for saying this, but the Microsoft MN-520 works with Mandrake 9.2, and I would think 10.0 I think it also works with XP. ;) On the other hand, it doesn't exactly work 'out of the box' in Linux. You have to add 3 lines to the pcmcia config file so that the proper driver is loaded for the card. If they have any left, Office Max was closing them out for less then $20. Mikkel Mikkel; I just ordered one of these from JR Music (no luck at Office Max). Can you provide a pointer to the proper install/configuration to make this card behave well (the 3 lines you mentioned, specifically g). TIA; Glenn -- 11:24:51 up 1 day, 2:14, running Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586, kernel 2.6.3-7mdk Registered Linux user #324360 ... I see TOILET SEATS ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card
Glenn wrote: On Tuesday 22 June 2004 22:41, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: I will probably get flamed for saying this, but the Microsoft MN-520 works with Mandrake 9.2, and I would think 10.0 I think it also works with XP. ;) On the other hand, it doesn't exactly work 'out of the box' in Linux. You have to add 3 lines to the pcmcia config file so that the proper driver is loaded for the card. If they have any left, Office Max was closing them out for less then $20. Mikkel Mikkel; I just ordered one of these from JR Music (no luck at Office Max). Can you provide a pointer to the proper install/configuration to make this card behave well (the 3 lines you mentioned, specifically g). TIA; Glenn In /etc/pcmcia/config, in the Wireless network adapters section, add: card Microsoft Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-520 1.0.3 version Microsoft, Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-520, , 1.0.3 bind orinoco_cs The system will then find the card, and the normal wireless configuration tools will work. I am only working with one access point for now, so I have not played with any of the scripts that will manage the setting for more then one. I do have the card working with 40 bit encription, and I will play with 128 bit encription one of these days. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card
On Sunday 27 June 2004 17:23, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Glenn wrote: In /etc/pcmcia/config, in the Wireless network adapters section, add: card Microsoft Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-520 1.0.3 version Microsoft, Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-520, , 1.0.3 bind orinoco_cs The system will then find the card, and the normal wireless configuration tools will work. I am only working with one access point for now, so I have not played with any of the scripts that will manage the setting for more then one. I do have the card working with 40 bit encription, and I will play with 128 bit encription one of these days. Mikkel Great. Thanks for the info, Mikkel. Can't wait to try this out. I gave up on trying to get my U.S. Robotics card working long ago. -- 17:54:32 up 1 day, 8:43, running Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586, kernel 2.6.3-7mdk Registered Linux user #324360 This is the story of the bee Whose sex is very hard to see You cannot tell the he from the she But she can tell, and so can he The little bee is never still She has no time to take the pill And that is why, in times like these There are so many sons of bees. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Brandon Rife wrote: I'm looking for a wireless PCMCIA card that works 'out of the box' with MDK 10 and XP. Can someone suggest such a card? Thanks! I will probably get flamed for saying this, but the Microsoft MN-520 works with Mandrake 9.2, and I would think 10.0 I think it also works with XP. ;) On the other hand, it doesn't exactly work 'out of the box' in Linux. You have to add 3 lines to the pcmcia config file so that the proper driver is loaded for the card. If they have any left, Office Max was closing them out for less then $20. Mikkel Mikkel, Thanks, it is brave of you to make the suggestion. :) Brandon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card
On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 19:16, Brandon Rife wrote: I'm looking for a wireless PCMCIA card that works 'out of the box' with MDK 10 and XP. Can someone suggest such a card? Thanks! I know from experience that cards with the Broadcom 94306 chip are *hard* to setup. I had to use ndiswrapper to get mine working (a Belkin FD7010). Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card
I'm looking for a wireless PCMCIA card that works 'out of the box' with MDK 10 and XP. Can someone suggest such a card? Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card
Brandon Rife wrote: I'm looking for a wireless PCMCIA card that works 'out of the box' with MDK 10 and XP. Can someone suggest such a card? Thanks! I will probably get flamed for saying this, but the Microsoft MN-520 works with Mandrake 9.2, and I would think 10.0 I think it also works with XP. ;) On the other hand, it doesn't exactly work 'out of the box' in Linux. You have to add 3 lines to the pcmcia config file so that the proper driver is loaded for the card. If they have any left, Office Max was closing them out for less then $20. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] wireless - laptop - questions
Okay, I've got my Dell Inspiron 1100, Mandrake v9.2 (d/l), and a Dlink DWL 650 (not +, AFAICT). My router is a Dlink 514. I've searched some sites, perused the ML archives but have not found a good solid, step by step howto. Can anyone point me to a URL or other source? Or if you have experience with this, I'm grateful for any advice/tips! Thanks! -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] wireless - laptop - questions
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 21 March 2004 10:08 am, Marc Resnick wrote: -Tell me if you have any problems - ---Marc Thanks Marc! I've got to go get some sleep now (worked 12 hrs+ last night) (and yeah, I know - real geeks would sit up and do this until it worked grin) so I'm gonna crash. I saved your reply, will try it on for size tomorrow. I'll let you know what happens/blows up. Thanks again. Good luck. =P Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Wireless WPC11 (V3) out of the box?
Hello I have installed Mandrake 9.2 on a Dell Inspiron 8200, using a Linksys WPC11 Version 3 wireless card. 1% of the time that I bring the system up, the wireless connection works. I can ping other machines. I can surf the net. 99% of the time I bring the system up, the wireless connection does not work. It sees the correct wireless access point (iwconfig) it identifies the wireless card as eth1 and assigns the correct ip address (ifconfig) and it recognizes the correct broadcast and subnet masks (ifconfig). It recognizes the correct DNS servers (/etc/resolv.conf). And while the routing table appears to recognize the gateway (route) via the default route I cannot ping any other machine on the network, nor can I surf the web. It als recognizes the correct drivers (lsmod). (By the way, I am using DHCP to connect to open networks at wireless cafes.) For the record, I have the machine configured to dual boot to XP, and the wireless conncection works perfectly 99% of the time in XP, failing 1% of the time in XP. So I do not believe this is a hardware issue. I have read many posts on the net about this. Many people seem to have encountered exactly the same problems I am encountering, others claim their WPC11 came up without a hitch. My question is, does Mandrake 9.2 run a WPC11 Version 3 wireless card out of the box, or am I going to have to start mucking with kernel recompiles? Any other suggestions about what I might try will be readily accepted. I have a complete listing of the output generated by the previous commands for anyone who is willing to troubleshoot this with me, which I will gladly email to you upon request. Thanks, Joel Budgor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless Notebook Card
Can anyone recommend a good wireless notebook card that has Linux support/drivers (Mandrake 9.2.1)? Thanks, Mike
Re: [newbie] Wireless Notebook Card
On Saturday 14 February 2004 00:55, lanman wrote: HarM; Look over your shoulder Dude! No! The other shoulder! See ? That's me lining up behind you for that wireless card! If I find anything, I'll let you know, and hopefully, vice-versa ? Ahah that was you, the hot breath in my neck all the time;) Yeah, I'm looking...all over e-bay too...they're hard to find. I've only found one untill now. That's a linksys that uses prism1 chipsruns with the orrinoco driver. Still got 3 more (older) laptops to go, though admittedly even finding wired cards for them is getting hard. On the other hand the Sitecom version 1 cards have prism2 chips and so do the Belkin version 1 (version 2 and up run atmel chips) but the sitecom is a cardbus afaik, so that would be slot 2 :( If you've got PCMCIA slot 2 there's probably a USB slot too, so use thatthe Sitecom wl_012 works fine using the prism2_usb module with a few workarounds. I did get a Sweex PCI card to play ball (as well as a cardbus) but not more than 5.5Mb bitrate. These use rtl18080 ver2 chips...stay away from them if you can, only broadcom is worse. Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Notebook Card
On Friday 13 February 2004 07:23 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Saturday 14 February 2004 00:55, lanman wrote: HarM; Look over your shoulder Dude! No! The other shoulder! See ? That's me lining up behind you for that wireless card! If I find anything, I'll let you know, and hopefully, vice-versa ? Ahah that was you, the hot breath in my neck all the time;) Yeah, I'm looking...all over e-bay too...they're hard to find. I've only found one untill now. That's a linksys that uses prism1 chipsruns with the orrinoco driver. Still got 3 more (older) laptops to go, though admittedly even finding wired cards for them is getting hard. On the other hand the Sitecom version 1 cards have prism2 chips and so do the Belkin version 1 (version 2 and up run atmel chips) but the sitecom is a cardbus afaik, so that would be slot 2 :( If you've got PCMCIA slot 2 there's probably a USB slot too, so use thatthe Sitecom wl_012 works fine using the prism2_usb module with a few workarounds. I did get a Sweex PCI card to play ball (as well as a cardbus) but not more than 5.5Mb bitrate. These use rtl18080 ver2 chips...stay away from them if you can, only broadcom is worse. Good luck, HarM I use an Adaptec AWN-8030. It's a Prism2 and is easy to configure if you're not as technologically impaired as I am. Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Notebook Card
On February 13, 2004 07:23 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Saturday 14 February 2004 00:55, lanman wrote: HarM; Look over your shoulder Dude! No! The other shoulder! See ? That's me lining up behind you for that wireless card! If I find anything, I'll let you know, and hopefully, vice-versa ? Ahah that was you, the hot breath in my neck all the time;) Hey! I wasn't standing THAT close ! LOL! Yeah, I'm looking...all over e-bay too...they're hard to find. I've only found one untill now. That's a linksys that uses prism1 chipsruns with the orrinoco driver. Still got 3 more (older) laptops to go, though admittedly even finding wired cards for them is getting hard. On the other hand the Sitecom version 1 cards have prism2 chips and so do the Belkin version 1 (version 2 and up run atmel chips) but the sitecom is a cardbus afaik, so that would be slot 2 :( If you've got PCMCIA slot 2 there's probably a USB slot too, so use thatthe Sitecom wl_012 works fine using the prism2_usb module with a few workarounds. I did get a Sweex PCI card to play ball (as well as a cardbus) but not more than 5.5Mb bitrate. These use rtl18080 ver2 chips...stay away from them if you can, only broadcom is worse. Good luck, HarM HarM; Have a look at this site; http://www.gvc.ca They too have the atmel chip cards in G format. None of the lists I've seen mention them, so I'm not sure if they'd work or not, but I sometimes do Linux testing for them, so I'm going to call them for a demo unit and see what's what. I'll keep you posted because they have a great deal on a G-rated router and laptop card in a bundle for under $180.00 Canadian. Lanman -- Registered Linux user #190712 Smart IT people are staring out the window into the eye of a giant penguin! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Notebook Card
On Saturday 14 February 2004 01:40, lanman wrote: HarM; Have a look at this site; http://www.gvc.ca I just havethey look OK but suffer from the same lack as most retailers do; they won't/can't tell exactly what chips they're using. Alas their cards are all cardbus too, so no slot 1. I don't think slot 1 even exists for G cards. Their pricing is right on the mark but as for testing AFAIK only prism2 supports HostAP in the linux kernel so that would be a point minus. On the other hand they wouldn't be selling routers if the same trick could be done on Windows, would they?:) You'll be having fun testing them, that's for sure.atmels are like reluctant kids; you have to drag them over:) Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless bridging question
A fairly simple question but I haven't found a straight answer yet: Is it necessary for the wireless card to be an access point or can I bridge wlan0 (in ad-hoc mode) to eth0 as I would two normal ethernet nic's?? Thanks, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless networking recommendation?
I thought I could set up a wired home network, but it turns out it's going to be too difficult to run the cable. So, I'm going to opt for a wireless solution to provide web access to a second computer. Can anybody recommend a decent wireless router (connecting to cable modem) and wireless nic (for a P333)? I've been fond of D-link nics, and ordered a D-link router that I need to return to get a wireless one. I plan on putting the router next to the server and would like to connect it via cable. The server is running Mdk 9.1, the client Mdk 9.2. And, I'd like to do it all for next to nothing. :) The threads I found in the archives were more about getting particular nics to work, I couldn't find any dazzling success stories. TIA, Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless networking recommendation?
Todd; Have you considered running some Cat5 cable on the outside of your house by mounting it into some PVC pipe? This will probably be easier to maintain than wireless would, not to mention cheaper. I haven't heard too many success stories about wireless on the list. If you can get a DLink wireless card to work on Linux, though, please let us know. I've been doing some wireless setups lately, and I find them to be a real pain. Interference from neighbors running wireless, or cordless phones on the same frequency, etc., so I'm very interested if you find a solution that works. Good luck! Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/11/2004 at 11:55 AM Todd Slater wrote: I thought I could set up a wired home network, but it turns out it's going to be too difficult to run the cable. So, I'm going to opt for a wireless solution to provide web access to a second computer. Can anybody recommend a decent wireless router (connecting to cable modem) and wireless nic (for a P333)? I've been fond of D-link nics, and ordered a D-link router that I need to return to get a wireless one. I plan on putting the router next to the server and would like to connect it via cable. The server is running Mdk 9.1, the client Mdk 9.2. And, I'd like to do it all for next to nothing. :) The threads I found in the archives were more about getting particular nics to work, I couldn't find any dazzling success stories. TIA, Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless networking recommendation?
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:55:31 -0500 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought I could set up a wired home network, but it turns out it's going to be too difficult to run the cable. So, I'm going to opt for a wireless solution to provide web access to a second computer. Can anybody recommend a decent wireless router (connecting to cable modem) and wireless nic (for a P333)? I've been fond of D-link nics, and ordered a D-link router that I need to return to get a wireless one. I plan on putting the router next to the server and would like to connect it via cable. The server is running Mdk 9.1, the client Mdk 9.2. And, I'd like to do it all for next to nothing. :) The threads I found in the archives were more about getting particular nics to work, I couldn't find any dazzling success stories. TIA, Todd I would get a netgear or syslink router. i recently have had problems with a dlink i have. It wouldnt open ports and the internal firewall sucked. and make sure its wireless g not b and if u want decent speed make sure its over 100mbps and not the 54 mbps version... -- jason pearl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ Keep your friends close and your enemies closer-Tupac ++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZregistered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 LinuxMachine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N uptime: 11:34:21 up 19 min, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] Wireless LAN support in Mdk 9.2: Cisco Aironet?
Hi folks, hope you can help me out with this. I am running Mdk 9.1 on a Gateway Solo 9500 laptop. I have from my office a Cisco Aironet 350 wireless card. When I installed 9.1 on the laptop, I was unable to get the wireless card working (well, I was told I could flash it back to a previous firmware to make it work, but being a company asset, not my own, I'm leery to mess with it like that). Does anyone know if 9.2 will provide support for the Cisco Aironet card? In previous attempts to get this card working, I downloaded and installed it seems like half a dozen different PCMCIA and Cisco drivers, all to no avail. Thanks in advance for any assistance. Mark Kirschner Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless Keyboard and mouse
I have a Genius Wireless office kit wireless mouse and keyboard and I want it to work in mandrake linux 9.1 does anyone know how to get it working Kyle Hartigan --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.521 / Virus Database: 319 - Release Date: 23/09/2003
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 1:57 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 8:16 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: SNIP Huff, Derek, I don't know what I am doing wrong because I do not succeed in connecting to Internet. My encryption key is a ten digit number, so I wrote in the corresponding fields as: s:xx. Are you **sure** it is an ASCII string that just happens to be numbers. Or could it be a Hex number which just happens not to include any digit larger than 9 ? Try again giving it in the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx The modem-router assigns the directions IP, so I never unchecked the DHCP box. I also know my ESSID: 2wire806. I suppose here I do not have to be careful with capitals or lower case letters. Keep the capitalisation the same as in Windows I will try in a moment to write an IP address from the pool in the router, and see if I can connect. I think I followed your instructions carefully. Maybe I am doing something silly. Teilhard. Also what do you see if you enter iwconfig and ifconfig in a root terminal? It may be the link is working but your default route is set to use a fixed ethernet. (Post us the result from a 'route' command ) derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 1:57 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 8:16 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: SNIP Huff, Derek, I don't know what I am doing wrong because I do not succeed in connecting to Internet. My encryption key is a ten digit number, so I wrote in the corresponding fields as: s:xx. Are you **sure** it is an ASCII string that just happens to be numbers. Or could it be a Hex number which just happens not to include any digit larger than 9 ? Try again giving it in the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx I have tried it already. No connection either. The modem-router assigns the directions IP, so I never unchecked the DHCP box. I also know my ESSID: 2wire806. I suppose here I do not have to be careful with capitals or lower case letters. Keep the capitalisation the same as in Windows OK. I will try in a moment to write an IP address from the pool in the router, and see if I can connect. I think I followed your instructions carefully. Maybe I am doing something silly. Teilhard. Also what do you see if you enter iwconfig and ifconfig in a root terminal? It may be the link is working but your default route is set to use a fixed ethernet. (Post us the result from a 'route' command ) I'll do that in a minute, thanks. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 1:55 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hi there. I am trying to configure a wireless connection with a remote (just the desk in front of me in a regular room) wireless router. I have the drivers to make the USB device which receives, and although the installer looks for a file that doesn't find, I get the message setup ok when I run the installer. But I do not know how to put the driver to work. If I go to the Mandrake Control Centre and I try to configure a LAN connection, the driver does not show up among the ones I can use, so I do not know what to do, except configuring the relevant PPPoE configuration files by hand. But besides I do not know which they are, I do not even know how my driver is called. Also, if things are like in Windows, I have to feed somehow a ten digits number to the configuration. Can you help? Well if you tell us what the wireless hardware is and which driver you are trying to use we could help. But you haven't So we can't. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless LAN PCMCIA support
Hi, Please tell me where can I see the compatibility lists for this type of hardware, or, please tell me which of them are the less problematic in what means configuration. Thanks a lot, __ Carlos Dias, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PowerOn, Lda. Rua João Pedro Ribeiro, 846 4000-306 Porto Portugal Tel: + 351 225 500 373 Fax: + 351 225 519 214 Web:www.poweron.pt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless LAN PCMCIA support
On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 10:39 am, Carlos Dias wrote: Hi, Please tell me where can I see the compatibility lists for this type of hardware, or, please tell me which of them are the less problematic in what means configuration. Thanks a lot, http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html In Mandrake I know anything which is Orinoco based (for example Lucent, Agere. Melco) will work Out of the Box simply by going through the Wireless Wizard in Mandrake Control CentreNetworking I also have experience of Atmel based USB wireless devices as described on my home page. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
- Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 1:55 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hi there. I am trying to configure a wireless connection with a remote (just the desk in front of me in a regular room) wireless router. I have the drivers to make the USB device which receives, and although the installer looks for a file that doesn't find, I get the message setup ok when I run the installer. But I do not know how to put the driver to work. If I go to the Mandrake Control Centre and I try to configure a LAN connection, the driver does not show up among the ones I can use, so I do not know what to do, except configuring the relevant PPPoE configuration files by hand. But besides I do not know which they are, I do not even know how my driver is called. Also, if things are like in Windows, I have to feed somehow a ten digits number to the configuration. Can you help? Well if you tell us what the wireless hardware is and which driver you are trying to use we could help. But you haven't So we can't. Oh, sorry about that, I just thought any wireless configuration was the same. The modem-router is a 2Wire which on the back it says Home Portal 1000SW (Provided by ISP) The home portal is connected to one computer through an Ethernet card, and to another (wireless) to a SMC receiver which is the (USB) SMC2662W, and to a laptop with a (wireless) PCMCIA card 2Wire WiFi, apparently the only model there is from 2Wire. Everything works all right in WinXP. If you need any other info, I'll gladly supply it. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 5:06 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 1:55 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hi there. I am trying to configure a wireless connection with a remote (just the The modem-router is a 2Wire which on the back it says Home Portal 1000SW (Provided by ISP) The home portal is connected to one computer through an Ethernet card, and to another (wireless) to a SMC receiver which is the (USB) SMC2662W, and to a laptop with a (wireless) PCMCIA card 2Wire WiFi, apparently the only model there is from 2Wire. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial So the card you are trying to get working is the 2Wire WiFi PCMCIA card.? The manufacturers web site does not give any details about the chip set used, but the picture looks like an Orinoco card. If it is, then setting it up in Mandrake is easy. First make sure you have the wireless-tools RPM loaded using Mandrake Software Manager. Also make sure the pcmcia-cs RPM is installed (it should have been installed by default) When you insert the card do you hear two 'beeps' from the speaker? Are they the same tone or different tones? When you then open Mandrake Control CentreNetworking does it list the wireless interface in the box with a driver name? When you go through the wizard does it say it has discovered a card? And does it then present you with a list of wireless parameters for you to fill in? If you do not see these things then open a console, enter su to become root and enter cardctl ident and post the results to us. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
The 2Wire cards are, in fact, Orinoco cards, and Mandrake 9.1 should recognize it natively...it did with mine at the very least... Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 5:06 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 1:55 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hi there. I am trying to configure a wireless connection with a remote (just the The modem-router is a 2Wire which on the back it says Home Portal 1000SW (Provided by ISP) The home portal is connected to one computer through an Ethernet card, and to another (wireless) to a SMC receiver which is the (USB) SMC2662W, and to a laptop with a (wireless) PCMCIA card 2Wire WiFi, apparently the only model there is from 2Wire. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial So the card you are trying to get working is the 2Wire WiFi PCMCIA card.? The manufacturers web site does not give any details about the chip set used, but the picture looks like an Orinoco card. If it is, then setting it up in Mandrake is easy. First make sure you have the wireless-tools RPM loaded using Mandrake Software Manager. Also make sure the pcmcia-cs RPM is installed (it should have been installed by default) When you insert the card do you hear two 'beeps' from the speaker? Are they the same tone or different tones? When you then open Mandrake Control CentreNetworking does it list the wireless interface in the box with a driver name? When you go through the wizard does it say it has discovered a card? And does it then present you with a list of wireless parameters for you to fill in? If you do not see these things then open a console, enter su to become root and enter cardctl ident and post the results to us. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 5:06 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 1:55 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hi there. I am trying to configure a wireless connection with a remote (just the The modem-router is a 2Wire which on the back it says Home Portal 1000SW (Provided by ISP) The home portal is connected to one computer through an Ethernet card, and to another (wireless) to a SMC receiver which is the (USB) SMC2662W, and to a laptop with a (wireless) PCMCIA card 2Wire WiFi, apparently the only model there is from 2Wire. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial So the card you are trying to get working is the 2Wire WiFi PCMCIA card.? The manufacturers web site does not give any details about the chip set used, but the picture looks like an Orinoco card. If it is, then setting it up in Mandrake is easy. First make sure you have the wireless-tools RPM loaded using Mandrake Software Manager. Also make sure the pcmcia-cs RPM is installed (it should have been installed by default) When you insert the card do you hear two 'beeps' from the speaker? Are they the same tone or different tones? When you then open Mandrake Control CentreNetworking does it list the wireless interface in the box with a driver name? When you go through the wizard does it say it has discovered a card? And does it then present you with a list of wireless parameters for you to fill in? If you do not see these things then open a console, enter su to become root and enter cardctl ident and post the results to us. Thanks very much, I am sorry I wasn't clear about what card I want to get working. Actually I intended to get going the SMC external USB adapter in a desktop machine. But what you tell me will help me to configure the 2Wire card in the laptop. Actually in fact I need the wireless network in both the desktop computer (with the SMC adapter), and the laptop (with the 2Wire PCMCIA card). I'll do what you instruct me and I'll get back to you. If you have some advise about the SMC adapter, it will be greatly appreciated. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
The 2Wire cards are, in fact, Orinoco cards, an Mandrake 9.1 should recognize it natively...it did with mine at the very least... Thank you. I'll try to get going the PCMCIA card in the laptop, but if you have some advise for the SMC USB adapter it will be greatly appreciated. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 7:24 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: The 2Wire cards are, in fact, Orinoco cards, an Mandrake 9.1 should recognize it natively...it did with mine at the very least... Thank you. I'll try to get going the PCMCIA card in the laptop, but if you have some advise for the SMC USB adapter it will be greatly appreciated. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial The SMC2662W uses the atmel chip set. There is a driver for that in Mandrake 9.1 The atmelwlandriver, but I find it quite unreliable and not that easy to set up. There is an alternative driver at76c503a which works a lot better. There are instructions on how to compile it on my web site http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Sectionsop=viewarticleartid=17 You may need to add the SMC device to the list of supported devices. My page describes how to do that. Also do not forget to install the kernel-source RPM which matches the kernel you are using. The only other thing you need is the gcc compiler RPM. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 5:06 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 1:55 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hi there. I am trying to configure a wireless connection with a remote (just the The modem-router is a 2Wire which on the back it says Home Portal 1000SW (Provided by ISP) The home portal is connected to one computer through an Ethernet card, and to another (wireless) to a SMC receiver which is the (USB) SMC2662W, and to a laptop with a (wireless) PCMCIA card 2Wire WiFi, apparently the only model there is from 2Wire. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial So the card you are trying to get working is the 2Wire WiFi PCMCIA card.? The manufacturers web site does not give any details about the chip set used, but the picture looks like an Orinoco card. If it is, then setting it up in Mandrake is easy. First make sure you have the wireless-tools RPM loaded using Mandrake Software I installed the wireless-tools(some version).mdk Manager. Also make sure the pcmcia-cs RPM is installed (it should have been installed by default) I installed the pcmcia-cs(some version).mdk When you insert the card do you hear two 'beeps' from the speaker? Are they the same tone or different tones? I inserted the card before booting. When you then open Mandrake Control CentreNetworking does it list the wireless interface in the box with a driver name? Yes, etho1, with driver orinoco_cs When you go through the wizard does it say it has discovered a card? Yes And does it then present you with a list of wireless parameters for you to fill in? Yes, I do not know what to write in those parameters. I cannot write anything in the field for the IP address, not in the one for subnet mask. If you do not see these things then open a console, enter su to become root and enter cardctl ident and post the results to us. I didn't have to. If you just tell me what to write in the fields above, I think I am done with the laptop. Thanks. Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 7:24 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: The 2Wire cards are, in fact, Orinoco cards, an Mandrake 9.1 should recognize it natively...it did with mine at the very least... Thank you. I'll try to get going the PCMCIA card in the laptop, but if you have some advise for the SMC USB adapter it will be greatly appreciated. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial The SMC2662W uses the atmel chip set. There is a driver for that in Mandrake 9.1 The atmelwlandriver, but I find it quite unreliable and not that easy to set up. There is an alternative driver at76c503a which works a lot better. There are instructions on how to compile it on my web site http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Sectionsop=viewarticleartid=17 You may need to add the SMC device to the list of supported devices. My page describes how to do that. Also do not forget to install the kernel-source RPM which matches the kernel you are using. The only other thing you need is the gcc compiler RPM. Thank you Derek. I am a bit confused. SMC has a driver for Linux. I already installed it, and although in the installation some kind of file is not found, I get the confirmation: setup ok in the end. What I do not know is what to do with the driver or how to configure it. Do you think that I should use the driver at76c503a? I do not get the adapter detected as in the laptop. Thanks for taking the time to help me. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 8:16 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: SNIP And does it then present you with a list of wireless parameters for you to fill in? Yes, I do not know what to write in those parameters. I cannot write anything in the field for the IP address, not in the one for subnet mask. Teilhard In the GUI enter the ESSID to be the same as your Windows Config. It might be called a different name in Windows. Basically this us the name of the wireless network. If you do not know how to set it, leave it as any Enter MODE=Managed Enter the RATE=11M Enter the Encryption key - This *must* be the same as in Windows If your Windows key is an Ascii string then prefix it with s: As in s:my_key If your Key is a Hex number then enter it as AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF You can leave the other parameters blank. If you get your IP address via DHCP from your wireless router then leave the dhcp box ticked. If not untick it and enter an IP address. When you exit the wizard with 'Finish' the light on the wireless card will light and the interface will start working. (If you got that encryption key right) Do *NOT* press OK to exit the drakconnect GUI A bug will cause you to lose the config you just made.(Bug 1881- Still not fixed in 9.2) Instead exit with 'Cancel' derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 8:43 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: SNIP Thank you Derek. I am a bit confused. SMC has a driver for Linux. I already installed it, and although in the installation some kind of file is not found, I get the confirmation: setup ok in the end. What I do not know is what to do with the driver or how to configure it. Do you think that I should use the driver at76c503a? I do not get the adapter detected as in the laptop. Thanks for taking the time to help me. Teilhard. This table (http://www.wireless.org.au/~jhecker/atmeldrv/usbtable.html ) reports that SMC has a driver for that device, but I have no experience of using it. You might find it works fine. The big issue is 'has SMC configured their driver to be usb hotpluggable?' Does the driver load when you plug in the device? You might have to enter modprobe driver_name before you can use it. If that modprobe works then you could try configuring the interface with iwconfig. If you are not confortable with compiling a driver you could give the atmelwlandriver built into Mandrake 9.1 a try. The problem I found with that driver is it does not like some types of usb interfaces much, and usually only works from a cold power up. It gets screwed up if you pull the usb cable in and out. There is a config file for the atmelwlandriver at /root/.vnetrc or you can try setting it up by hand using iwconfig You can check if a driver is getting loaded when you plug in the device by looking at the system log tail -n 50 /var/log/syslog in a root terminal will display the last 50 lines of the system log. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet
On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 8:16 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: SNIP And does it then present you with a list of wireless parameters for you to fill in? Yes, I do not know what to write in those parameters. I cannot write anything in the field for the IP address, not in the one for subnet mask. Teilhard In the GUI enter the ESSID to be the same as your Windows Config. It might be called a different name in Windows. Basically this us the name of the wireless network. If you do not know how to set it, leave it as any Enter MODE=Managed Enter the RATE=11M Enter the Encryption key - This *must* be the same as in Windows If your Windows key is an Ascii string then prefix it with s: As in s:my_key If your Key is a Hex number then enter it as AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF You can leave the other parameters blank. If you get your IP address via DHCP from your wireless router then leave the dhcp box ticked. If not untick it and enter an IP address. When you exit the wizard with 'Finish' the light on the wireless card will light and the interface will start working. (If you got that encryption key right) Do *NOT* press OK to exit the drakconnect GUI A bug will cause you to lose the config you just made.(Bug 1881- Still not fixed in 9.2) Instead exit with 'Cancel' derek Huff, Derek, I don't know what I am doing wrong because I do not succeed in connecting to Internet. My encryption key is a ten digit number, so I wrote in the corresponding fields as: s:xx. The modem-router assigns the directions IP, so I never unchecked the DHCP box. I also know my ESSID: 2wire806. I suppose here I do not have to be careful with capitals or lower case letters. I will try in a moment to write an IP address from the pool in the router, and see if I can connect. I think I followed your instructions carefully. Maybe I am doing something silly. Teilhard. -- ÄùñåÜí e-mail, http://www.fastmail.gr (POP3/IMAP/18 MB ÷þñï) Free e-mail, http://www.fastmail.gr (POP3/IMAP/18MB of space) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless Interet
Hi there. I am trying to configure a wireless connection with a remote (just the desk in front of me in a regular room) wireless router. I have the drivers to make the USB device which receives, and although the installer looks for a file that doesn't find, I get the message setup ok when I run the installer. But I do not know how to put the driver to work. If I go to the Mandrake Control Centre and I try to configure a LAN connection, the driver does not show up among the ones I can use, so I do not know what to do, except configuring the relevant PPPoE configuration files by hand. But besides I do not know which they are, I do not even know how my driver is called. Also, if things are like in Windows, I have to feed somehow a ten digits number to the configuration. Can you help? -- Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] wireless connection
Hello all, was wondering if anybody has any ideas on this... I'm trying to get a wireless connection to another house near mine. I have a dial up account and my neighbor has a broadband business account and would allow me to use it. I currently use Smoothwall as a gateway-firewall but I'm going to have to install a desktop pci wireless card with an external antenna and Smoothwall doesnt have wireless support for cards. Is there any gateway-firewalls out there that support this. Wish list: Easy configuration and adminitration ( I'm a newbie :-) Free (very low budjet) I should also say we both run linux (MDK) Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless confusion
I use linux in two different wireless networks. One of them has recently stopped providing functionality. Could anyone interpret this for me? [EMAIL PROTECTED] noah]# ifup eth1 Determining IP information for eth1... done. /sbin/ifup: line 433: 2563 Hangup /etc/init.d/tmdns reload /dev/null 21 [EMAIL PROTECTED] noah]# I would really like to know what my computer is telling me and if I can find out why this particular network doesn't let me on any more. I know it works with XP on mine and another person's computer but I'd rather diagnose it in Linux. Thanks alot! Noah Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] wireless phone causes slow connection?
Hi! I have just purchased a Southwestern Bell wireless phone/modem jack system: the main unit connects to a power outlet and to a phone line and the secondary unit is just plugged in into a power outlet and to the modem of my computer. The reason for buying this was to transform a large walk-in closet into an office without having to pull phone lines into the walk-in closet (and without messing with a wireless network). The units seem to work fine - but my connections are very slow (mostly 14'400 for a dial-up modem which usually gave me 44'000). Does anyone have any info on such wireless phone/jack systems and could they be the cause of the slow connection? Alternatively - could it be the phone lines themselves? (I moved to a new house in the same city and I dial-up the same number, so the only difference is either my phone lines or my setup). Thanks! -- Linux-Mandrake 9 (Dolphin) Mandrake Club Silver Member Registered GNU/Linux user: 226850 Registered GNU/Linux computer: 183163 URL: http://laptops.portalinux.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless Logitech mice
Well to make a long story short I tried to get my b/f (Don't ask... long story) to use Linux. Works great cept his mouse doesn't work properly... Its a Logitech wireless. The blue ones. Hehe, I need to get it to work properly as a USB mouse... it won't. picking logitech mouseman+ or USB fails... it won't respond at all or doesn't work well. The button configuration for the PS/2 selection isn't correct. For that matter, in E my 2nd mouse button is now my wheel being pushed in ... which is weird. KDE works fine with it... so wth? Any ideas ladies gents? Thx. - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless Logitech mice
On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 09:15, FemmeFatale wrote: Well to make a long story short I tried to get my b/f (Don't ask... long story) to use Linux. Works great cept his mouse doesn't work properly... Its a Logitech wireless. The blue ones. Hehe, I need to get it to work properly as a USB mouse... it won't. picking logitech mouseman+ or USB fails... it won't respond at all or doesn't work well. The button configuration for the PS/2 selection isn't correct. For that matter, in E my 2nd mouse button is now my wheel being pushed in ... which is weird. KDE works fine with it... so wth? Any ideas ladies gents? Thx. For E, you can rename the old keybindings.cfg and create a new one with: #include definitions __E_CFG_VERSION 0 /* * Global button bindings... specially named actionclass that applies to * all client windows - so you can bind alt - left click to move the * window, raise it or something */ __ACLASS __BGN __NAME BUTTONBINDINGS __TYPE __TYPE_NORMAL __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 1 __MODIFIER_KEY __ALT __ACTION __A_MOVE __NEXT_ACTION __EVENT __DOUBLE_CLICK __BUTTON 1 __MODIFIER_KEY __ALT __ACTION __A_SHADE __NEXT_ACTION __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 2 __MODIFIER_KEY __ALT __ACTION __A_RESIZE __NEXT_ACTION __EVENT __DOUBLE_CLICK __BUTTON 2 __MODIFIER_KEY __ALT __ACTION __A_MAX_HEIGHT available __NEXT_ACTION __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 3 __MODIFIER_KEY __ALT __ACTION __A_SHOW_MENU named WINOPS_MENU __END /* what mouse presses do on the desktop background */ __ACLASS __BGN __NAME DESKBINDINGS __TYPE __TYPE_NORMAL __TOOLTIP_TEXT Clicking your mouse on the desktop will perform __TOOLTIP_TEXT the following actions __TOOLTIP_ACTION_TEXT Display User Menus __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 1 __MODIFIER_KEY __NONE __ACTION __A_SHOW_MENU named APPS_SUBMENU __NEXT_ACTION __TOOLTIP_ACTION_TEXT Display Enlightenment Menu __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 1 __MODIFIER_KEY __CTRL __ACTION __A_SHOW_MENU named ROOT_2 __NEXT_ACTION __TOOLTIP_ACTION_TEXT Display Settings Menu __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 1 __MODIFIER_KEY __WINDOWS_KEY __ACTION __A_SHOW_MENU named CONFIG_SUBMENU __NEXT_ACTION __TOOLTIP_ACTION_TEXT Display Enlightenment Menu __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 2 __MODIFIER_KEY __NONE __ACTION __A_SHOW_MENU named ROOT_2 __NEXT_ACTION __TOOLTIP_ACTION_TEXT Display Task List Menu __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 2 __MODIFIER_KEY __ALT __ACTION __A_SHOW_MENU taskmenu __NEXT_ACTION __TOOLTIP_ACTION_TEXT Display Desktop Menu __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 2 __MODIFIER_KEY __CTRL __ACTION __A_SHOW_MENU deskmenu __NEXT_ACTION __TOOLTIP_ACTION_TEXT Display Group Menu __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 2 __MODIFIER_KEY __SHIFT __ACTION __A_SHOW_MENU groupmenu __NEXT_ACTION __TOOLTIP_ACTION_TEXT Display Settings Menu __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 3 __MODIFIER_KEY __NONE __ACTION __A_SHOW_MENU named CONFIG_SUBMENU __NEXT_ACTION __TOOLTIP_ACTION_TEXT Go Back a Desktop __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 4 __ALLOW_ANY_MODIFIER_KEYS __ON __ACTION __A_DESKTOP_PREV __NEXT_ACTION __TOOLTIP_ACTION_TEXT Go Forward a Desktop __EVENT __MOUSE_PRESS __BUTTON 5 __ALLOW_ANY_MODIFIER_KEYS __ON __ACTION __A_DESKTOP_NEXT __END /* ** * Actionclasses used for global keybindings ** * * Some Keys you can use to bind to (mainly standard English PC keyboard here) * This is a SMALL list to make this file readable. it in no way lists ALL * possible keys that can be bound. This is just the useful keys from a normal * PC-style 101 key keyboard. * * BackSpace * Tab * Return * Pause * Scroll_Lock * Sys_Req * Escape * Delete * Home * Left * Up * Right * Down * Page_Up * Page_Down * End * Print * Insert * Num_Lock * KP_Enter * KP_Multiply * KP_Add * KP_Separator * KP_Subtract * KP_Decimal * KP_Divide * KP_0 * KP_1 * KP_2 * KP_3 * KP_4 * KP_5 * KP_6 * KP_7 * KP_8 * KP_9 * F1 * F2 * F3 * F4 * F5 * F6 * F7 * F8 * F9 * F10 * F11 * F12 * space * quoteright * comma * minus * slash * semicolon * equal * bracketleft * bracketright * backslash * quoteleft * * There are more keys. please see /usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h for a * complete list fo keys (LOTS of them) */ __ACLASS __BGN /* * The action name is what you use to bind an actionclass to an * object elsewhere in the configuration */ __NAME KEYBINDINGS __TYPE __TYPE_GLOBAL /* * The following key should be pretty self explanitory, but you should * really see how the Keysym is set. in your keysym.h file in your X11 * distribution */ __KEY Home /* * Can I use this with any modifier? (default
[newbie] Wireless
Hey all, I have a MicronPC TransPort GX3 Laptop with a built in wireless network card and a regular network card. The wireless is setup as eth0 and the other is eth1. I work in many different buildings and so far I have been unable to gain internet access with the wireless card. It appears the only thing it is able to do is grab an IP address. Is there more I need to configure with it, because I didn't see anything else about it. Could the fact it shows up in the Unknown hardware list be the problem. I don't recall the make of it offhand, but on the website it said it was linux compatable. It looks like harddrake is detecting it as a Lucent Technologies WaveLan/IEEE Adaptor runing the wvlan_cd module. Any help would be appreciated. Matt Harrison MMNet Technology Support Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 03:04, Matt Harrison wrote: Hey all, I have a MicronPC TransPort GX3 Laptop with a built in wireless network card and a regular network card. The wireless is setup as eth0 and the other is eth1. I work in many different buildings and so far I have been unable to gain internet access with the wireless card. It appears the only thing it is able to do is grab an IP address. Is there more I need to configure with it, because I didn't see anything else about it. Could the fact it shows up in the Unknown hardware list be the problem. I don't recall the make of it offhand, but on the website it said it was linux compatable. It looks like harddrake is detecting it as a Lucent Technologies WaveLan/IEEE Adaptor runing the wvlan_cd module. Any help would be appreciated. Matt Harrison MMNet Technology Support For it to be showing up in the unknown list, something obviously ain't quite right...but if when you're booting up (or restarting networking) it ain't hanging up, well, it might actually be working... Have you tried manually restarting the service? (i.e., service network --full-restart) -- Thu Dec 19 07:30:00 EST 2002 7:30am up 57 min, 3 users, load average: 0.57, 0.32, 0.34 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | ;/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn We are MicroSoft. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. (Attributed to B.G., Gill Bates) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
On Wednesday 18 Dec 2002 4:04 pm, Matt Harrison wrote: Hey all, I have a MicronPC TransPort GX3 Laptop with a built in wireless network card and a regular network card. The wireless is setup as eth0 and the other is eth1. I work in many different buildings and so far I have been unable to gain internet access with the wireless card. It appears the only thing it is able to do is grab an IP address. Is there more I need to configure with it, because I didn't see anything else about it. Could the fact it shows up in the Unknown hardware list be the problem. I don't recall the make of it offhand, but on the website it said it was linux compatable. It looks like harddrake is detecting it as a Lucent Technologies WaveLan/IEEE Adaptor runing the wvlan_cd module. Any help would be appreciated. Matt Harrison MMNet Technology Support The networking GUI in Mandrake Control Centre will detect and install the drivers for most types of wireless cards, but it cannot know the wireless parameters unless you tell it. Just go through the Wizard in the networking GUI and you will be prompted. The essential things it needs to know are mode -Managed or Ad-Hoc essid - 'Any' or to match your wireless network rate - usually 11M and most importantly key - 5 or 10 Hexadecimal numbers to match the encryption key of your network. (or an ascii string preceeded by 's:' (without the quotes)) Needless to say, until you give a correct encryption key it aint gonna work:) Alternatively. If it is getting an IP address via DHCP, then it is possible the card is already working perfectly, but your computer is set up to use eth1 as its default path. You can test this out by typing in a root terminal. route del default (to delete your current default route) route add default eth0 (to make the wireless card the default route) The command route without any parameters will list the paths the computer currently uses to reach any destination. Do not worry about screwing your computer up with these route commands. The computer will revert to normal configuration on the next boot. HTH derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:56:29 +1100 Patrick Griffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Install the pcmcia-cs-x11 RPM and then type cardinfo in a terminal. What do you see? Is this a package in 8.2 I can't seem to find it whoops sorry. It is not in 8.2 In that case use cardctl from the pcmcia-cs RPM cardctl config and cardctl ident derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
Hi All, After a bit of playing and the purchase of a new pci-pcmcia adapter I have a single beep when cardmanager starts followed by a low tone. I guess the adapter is recognised but not the wireless card. Can anyone help me with that. Running a skynet global roamabout wireless lan card. - Original Message - From: Patrick Griffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Patrick. Do you hear the 'beeps' when pcmcia service starts? No Have a look in syslog (/var/log/syslog) for messages relating to pcmcia What do they say? starting pcmcia succeded yenta_socket no such device Is this a laptop or a desktop with a pcmcia-pci adapter? Desktop with a plx pci-pcmcia adapter What happens if you type pcic_probe in a root terminal window? command not found derek On Sunday 03 Nov 2002 2:32 am, Patrick Griffin wrote: Thanks derek for that have all installed as far as i can tell. Cardmanager reports No pcmcia driver in Proc/devices on start. What did I do wrong - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless 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 + 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 -- - - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 11:39 am, Patrick Griffin wrote: Hi All, After a bit of playing and the purchase of a new pci-pcmcia adapter I have a single beep when cardmanager starts followed by a low tone. I guess the adapter is recognised but not the wireless card. Can anyone help me with that. Running a skynet global roamabout wireless lan card. - Original Message - From: Patrick Griffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Install the pcmcia-cs-x11 RPM and then type cardinfo in a terminal. What do you see? If you Open Mandrake ControlCentreNetworkConnection do you see the interface and driver listed in the panel near the bottom of the screen? Also do you have the wireless-tools and RPMs installed? What happens if you type iwconfig in a root terminal? derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
Install the pcmcia-cs-x11 RPM and then type cardinfo in a terminal. What do you see? Is this a package in 8.2 I can't seem to find it If you Open Mandrake ControlCentreNetworkConnection do you see the interface and driver listed in the panel near the bottom of the screen? no only the lan card Also do you have the wireless-tools and RPMs installed? yes What happens if you type iwconfig in a root terminal? lono wireless extensions eth0no wireless extensions derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless Tools
Hello I couldn't find wireless tools wlancfg and wlanctl-ng for prism2 after replace Mandrake 8.2 with Mandrake 9.0. Which rpm can I find them or how to configure prism2 after new install without re-compile the prism2 source code? Thanks. MJH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
- Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Patrick. Do you hear the 'beeps' when pcmcia service starts? No Have a look in syslog (/var/log/syslog) for messages relating to pcmcia What do they say? starting pcmcia succeded yenta_socket no such device Is this a laptop or a desktop with a pcmcia-pci adapter? Desktop with a plx pci-pcmcia adapter What happens if you type pcic_probe in a root terminal window? command not found derek On Sunday 03 Nov 2002 2:32 am, Patrick Griffin wrote: Thanks derek for that have all installed as far as i can tell. Cardmanager reports No pcmcia driver in Proc/devices on start. What did I do wrong - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless 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 + 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 -- - - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
Patrick. Do you hear the 'beeps' when pcmcia service starts? Have a look in syslog (/var/log/syslog) for messages relating to pcmcia What do they say? Is this a laptop or a desktop with a pcmcia-pci adapter? What happens if you type pcic_probe in a root terminal window? derek On Sunday 03 Nov 2002 2:32 am, Patrick Griffin wrote: Thanks derek for that have all installed as far as i can tell. Cardmanager reports No pcmcia driver in Proc/devices on start. What did I do wrong - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless 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 + 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 --- - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
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 + 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
Thanks derek for that have all installed as far as i can tell. Cardmanager reports No pcmcia driver in Proc/devices on start. What did I do wrong - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless 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 + 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless
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
Re: [newbie] Wireless help
For anyone with the same problem, here is how I just fixed it In the file /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts I had to set my mode to Managed And comment out the security key line. If you need more detail let me know, god knows I did. -an On 8/21/02 12:16 PM, Adam naples [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, here is my story. I install Mandrake 8.2 on my laptop (dell latitude LS) with my wireless card not inserted (orinoco silver). When I reboot after install I insert the card and use the network config wizard, which correctly identifies everything and my wireless connection works. It works until I reboot, and then it just won't. When I run iwconfig all the values are set to default and the network config wizard will not change them. Please help. I only have one PCMCIA slot, so I can't switch slots as some newsgroups suggest. thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] wireless router
Terry wrote: I am using a Linksys wireless router with my laptop, which has a Cisco Aironet 350 Series, and LM 9.0 beta 2. Things work beautifully with it. I didn't even have to download drivers for the Cisco card. It was truly plug and play. I plugged it in, and Mandrake automatically loaded the appropriate kernel module. I'll soon be getting DSL, and I've installed a D-Tech DSL wireless router for it. Thank you for reporting your good experience, because it encouraged me to try my SMC PCMCIA card. And it also installed very easily! In light of my previous struggles with anything associated with networking, this was a very pleasant surprise. Lane Lane P. Lester / Madison County, Georgia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] wireless router
I have a new box running 8.2 and windows '98 and another box on which I'm going to be putting XP. I want to get to get a wireless router to share cable internet on the two machines. I don't know what compatability issues, if any, there are with linux and wireless routers. Can someone suggest a good router that will work with this set-up? Thanks, Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wireless router
*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Hi Scott. I have just recently purchased a Linksys Wireless Access Point and a Linksys WAC11 Wireless PCMCIA card for my laptop. I'm using XP and Mandrake 8.2 Setting up the wireless connection with XP was really easy ( I imagine it will be just as easy with 98 ). Trying to figure out how to set it up with linux was pretty tough but once I got it it was really easy to do. I'd be more than happy to show you how I did it. - Good Luck, Rob B. On Saturday 17 August 2002 07:53 am, you wrote: I have a new box running 8.2 and windows '98 and another box on which I'm going to be putting XP. I want to get to get a wireless router to share cable internet on the two machines. I don't know what compatability issues, if any, there are with linux and wireless routers. Can someone suggest a good router that will work with this set-up? Thanks, Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless PCMCIA
Does anyone know if Mandrake supports Linksys wireless PCMCIA cards of of the box for laptops? Is there an HCL somewhere for it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless support ?
Hallo! Where can I get a list of supported pcmcia and pci wireless cards ? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless support ?
On Tuesday 14 May 2002 5:04 pm, Joan Tur wrote: Hallo! Where can I get a list of supported pcmcia and pci wireless cards ? Thanks! http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wireless LAN Adapters
Hi, Has anyone tried to get a Netgear MA101 USB Wireless adapter working in Mandrake? If so, how did you do it? If not, does anyone have any suggestions on things to do? I haven't given this a try yet, but I will have to in a few days and have no idea where to start :-) ANy suggestions would be most helpful. regards, Steve. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
