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dasRatsel
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 Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject: wusb11 V2.6 802.11 Adapter |
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g'day:
i've been trying to get my usb wireless adapter up, to no avail
i tried using it with the livecd -- didnt work -- so i worked around it and now have a fully functional system (for the most part)
now, i have all the necessary stuff built with the kernel so on and so forth along with hot/cold plug so that when i do lsusb it shows up with all the correct info, but it doesnt show up as a device anywhere. I've tried doing ifconfig eth1, ifconfig wusb0, ifconfig wifi0, nothing's there.. what am i doing wrong?
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gerardo
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It does work for me.
You should however not use the kernel-drivers. I've tried but they don't work.
Download the drivers from http://at76c503a.berlios.de.
Build them. | Code: | | make && make install |
Add at76c503-rfmd to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
| Code: | | echo at76c503-rfmd >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 |
Make symlink net.wlan0 to net.lo
| Code: | | ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 |
in /etc/conf.d/net add
in /etc/conf.d/net.wlan0 add
| Code: | essid_wlan0="name_of_your_network"
mode_wlan0="Managed"
key_name_of_your_network="your_encription_key enc open"
config_wlan0="dhcp"
preferred_aps=( "name_of_your_network" )
config_name_of_your_network=( "dhcp" )
dhcpcd_name_of_your_network="-t 5" |
Make sure initfiles are loaded at boot time
| Code: | rc-update add modules boot
rc-update add net.wlan0 default |
I don't know if it is 100% correct, but it works for me.
I hope this helps. |
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dasRatsel
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:37 am Post subject: |
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ahh -- like a charm -- only problem is: i'm having some trouble getting it to search f'r dhcp on boot -- i added w/ rc-update like you said -- am i missing something in a config file somewhere?
thanks again -- u made it seem so easy
~xavier
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have DHCP ?
| Code: | | emerge net-misc/dhcpcd |
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dasRatsel
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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oh -- by all means -- the network connects fine -- w. dhcpcd 'n' all -- 's just that when i did rc-update wlan0 default -- it didnt seem to do much ... what does that rc-update line do exactly... i'm assuming i have to go into a config somewhere and just tell it do look f'r a dhcp -- which one -- i would be much abliged as doing it by hand every time when the comp starts is just annoying -- thanks
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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yea -- i'm sorry -- i also have to run:
iwconfig wlan0 essid (your essid)
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhcpcd wlan0 up
each startup too -- howto do that automaticly on boot would be wonderful too
thanks
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gerardo
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rc-update doesn't start it but ads it to the default-runlevel at boottime.
To start net.wlan0 do
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start |
in a root promt. |
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