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["dreadnought" <dreadnought@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi James,
 
> > ------------Original Message------------
> > From: James Oakley <joakley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, Dec-15-2003 5:45 AM
> > Subject: Re: [SLE] Changing wireless driver to HostAP on SuSE 9.0?
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> > On Saturday 13 December 2003 05:42 pm, dreadnought wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I just booted SuSE 9.0 on my notebook for the first time and noticed that
> > > the wireless driver being used is prism2_cs?
> > >
> > > I would like to use HostAP (http://hostap.epitest.fi/) as my wireless
> > > driver.  Is there a HostAP RPM for SuSE 9.0?  I looked on rpmfind.net and
> > > only see RPM's for Mandrake.  Browsing Google Groups I see some references
> > > to a Red Hat RPM.
> > >
> > > If there is no HostAP RPM for SuSE 9.0, does anyone know what the process
> > > is to "remove" the old wireless driver and replace it with HostAP?
> > 
> > rpm -ql k_deflt|grep hostap
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/hostap.o
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/hostap_crypt.o
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/hostap_crypt_wep.o
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/hostap_pci.o
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/hostap_plx.o
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o
> > 
> > Look under /etc/pcmcia to see how to switch. It's a bit more difficult than 
> > with a PCI card...
 
I'm not a Linux guru, so I don't understand the significance of the output from "rpm -ql k_deflt|grep hostap" .. does that mean that there is a hostap RPM for SuSE 9.0 somewhere?
 
Thanks for your help,
 
Mark