On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 06:53:23 +1000, Benjamin de Waal wrote > Hi all, Hi :-)
> Having just subscribed to the list, I hope it's not considered too > impolite to pose a question immediately. not at all, especially since it was such a nicley penned question too. > ... > ... > laptop, for obvious reasons, I want to go wireless. I've got a DWL- > 650 D-Link Wireless card in it, which I've verified works with a I use a belkin wirless card and it uses the orinoco module. I had aquick google around (d-link 650 linux) and there seems to be reference to the linux-wlan-ng package (or modules, not sure). but in short, I use a sony lapyop in network (not ad-hoc) mode. Im using the 128 bit keys .,. and it's all setup in the pcmcia package. Assuming that you can find the right module for your card, pcmcia services just handle the rest (check that they are installed) apt-get install pcmcia (i think it is) and the wireless stuff is all in a options file.. /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts is the file you want to take a look at In that file, I have a line which matches my card, and specifies the WEP key in te 26 long hex string format. The string was just copied from the windows config tool that auto generated it for me. (so when I do boot back to XP, it workes there too). here's a good URL that looks helpful http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6025 > (until I get this wireless going under Linux) I really need a step > by step guide for setting up wireless. The various Google searches * Make sure you have the pcmcia services installed (they should be) apt-cache search pcmcia * popping the card in and out, does the pcmcia services beep, notifying you of insertion etc. Any messages showing up in /var/log/messages about your card ? * make sure you have the right module compile for your card. (as mentioned I suspect the linux-wlan-ng has something to do with it. or it may be prism2sta) hope that jumble info helps. ramon -- ramon buckland www.thebuckland.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
