Can you install with a Linksys Wireless card?

cayenne · l33t Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 945 Location: New Orleans

I've been looking through the install docs for the latest release...and don't see anything to help my problem. I have a Linksys wireless pci card as my network card ont the box I'm wanting to install my first try at Gentoo on....

The install isn't detecting it...and when I looked through the modules...I don't see what should be a prism2 module....at least that's what I had it working with on an old RH install...

Any suggestions or pointers to info?

Thanx

cayenne
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veggie2u · Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 5:01 pm Post subject:

I am going to try to get a linksys wireless working also, WPC11 once i can get the PCMCIA loaded. (laptop)

I am not positive on the driver either.

On this pcmcia list: http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net//ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS it lists the orinoco driver as the one to use.

On the linksys driver page for my card it refers to the wlan-ng driver, and on this wireless page:http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.html#Prism2 it appears to indicate the prism drivers, but the orinoco section above says that it may support prism based cards.

Ya got me.

I gather that you have the same card with an adapter, for the PCI buss?

veggie2u

veggie2u · Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 5:20 pm Post subject:

I just saw this thread too:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=17155

about Linksys wireless

veggie2u

rommel · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 5:26 am Post subject:

if you follow the pcmcia instructions in the install howto what happens?...i have an orinoco wireless pcmcia card installed in a pc with an isa host adapter and it works fine.