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CMF wrote:
Hi all -
I'm running SuSE 8.0 Pro on my Compaq Armada M700. I recently changed my home network to a wireless router system, and I wanted to know if there were drivers for my Linksys PC Card wireless adapter. If there are, a pointer to the appropriate setup routine would also be appreciated.
Don't know about 8.0, but I first set up a Linksys on 8.1 and it was non-trivial. Here's a file I wrote to remind myself how to do it next time (note that I am using 40-bit WEP): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To set up wireless with a Prism-based PCMCIA card on SuSE 8.2: 1) Create a file /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0. This makes up for the fact that YaST can't deal with wlan-ng (see http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wavelan.html, about halfway down the page). Here is an example file: BOOTPROTO='static' BROADCAST='192.168.1.255' DHCLIENT_SET_DOWN_LINK='yes' IPADDR='192.168.1.3' NETMASK='255.255.255.0' NETWORK='192.168.1.0' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='hotplug' UNIQUE='' WIRELESS='yes' WIRELESS_ESSID='MY_ESSID' WIRELESS_KEY='1234567890' WIRELESS_MODE='Managed' WIRELESS_NICK='' WIRELESS_NWID='' 2) IN etc/wlan/wlan.conf, set your ESSID if necessary. 3) In /etc/wlan, copy wlancfg-DEFAULT to wlancfg-MY_ESSID and edit appropriately. If you are using WEP, set "dot11PrivacyInvoked=true" and "dot11WEPDefaultKeyID=" to your default key. Enter your keys in "dot11WEPDefaultKey0=" etc. Also make sure "IS_ADHOC" is set correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If anyone else can confirm that this works, I'll submit it for Togan's unofficial FAQ. I'm also waiting on a response from a guy in my local user's group who's trying to do the same thing. -- ====================================================================== Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "[When the Pilot Island fog siren sounds,] the sound is so intense that no chicken can be hatched on the island, as the vibration kills them in the egg, and it causes milk to curdle in a few minutes." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -Ben Fagg, Sturgeon Bay printer, 1890 ======================================================================