Jim, I have a different card, a Linksys WPC11, but I also use RH8. Our cards probably have the same chipset, so the configuration is probably similar. I've got my card to work two different ways in the past: with and without the wlan-ng drivers.
You might want to visit this site: http://linux.oldcrank.com/tips/wpc11/ I recently followed the instructions for "Section A" -- enabling the card w/o the wlan-ng drivers. That allowed me to use the Red Hat GUI tools to further configure the card. The downside to this option is that I currently don't have any way to check the signal status (or at least, I haven't figured that out yet). The program iwconfig, which should provide useful stats about my wireless configuration, doesn't work after following these instructions The other option, using the wlan-ng drivers was a bit harder to setup, but the program iwconfig worked and printed out signal strength, etc. Good luck! Charles > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 18:59:08 -0800 > From: Jim Lowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [vox-tech] Advice Needed: Getting 802.11b Wireless Card Recognized > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I've set up an 802.11b wireless network at home, with three Dell > machines running Windoze. > For hardware that purports to be plug-and-play, I've spent numerous > hours playing around > trying to get it running. Owing to being a novice at network concepts, > it probably works more > by accident than by anything I did purposely. > > Anyway, to cut to the chase, I have a fourth Dell box that I've > dedicated to Linux, and have > RH 8 running. The wireless NIC is a D-Link DWL-650, which is on the RH > 8 HCL. > > The card was installed when I installed RH 8, but apparently was not > detected. > > I'm about 2/3 of the way through the UNIX/Linux System Administration > class at UCR, but > I'd rate my experience as a Linux user as novice, being fairly new to > the OS. > > Any pointers on configuring the beast to get it working on my LAN would > be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks in advance...Jim > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
