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sw1gger
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 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:10 pm Post subject: Orinoco gold card |
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How can I get this thing working? I honestly have no idea where to start...
Can somebody give me a play-by-play?
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mpsii
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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emerge linux-wlan-cs and pcmcia-cs
modprobe orinoco-cs
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sw1gger
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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emerge linux-wlan-cs doesnt work..
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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linux-wlan-ng
ByEZz,
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sw1gger
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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That works, but when I modprobe orinoco_cs I get some doesn't match error... any ideas?
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sw1gger
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 1:48 am Post subject: |
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Alrighty, i think I got the modules loaded
I did modprobe orinoco orinoco_cs and hermes and got no errors
when i do lsmod i see
orinoco_cs 4872 0 (unused)
orinoco 33176 0 [orinoco_cs]
hermes 6564 0 [orinoco_cs orinoco]
However, i still dont see the card when i do ifconfig -a or
iwconfig... any suggestions?
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mpsii
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry about earlier... it was linux-wlan-ng... oh well
After the modules have loaded, do the following (if you are connecting to an access point without WEP). Replace the SSID with whatever your AP's is.
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# wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=default authtype=opensystem
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This will setup the card. After that, use the ifconfig functions to assign an IP address to the card or just to bring it up for dhcp use.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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and what about AP's with WEP and auth ?
EDIT: and whats better, pcmcia-cs-drivers or wlan-ng ? |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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I like wlan-ng better, but depends on what works for your system.
AP = Access Point
WEP = encryption mechanism for 802.11a/b/g devices
auth = authentication mechanism. Are you looking for an AP or just going ad-hoc connectivity (like workgroup)
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sKewlBoy
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 11:35 am Post subject: |
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I knew what those were but thanks anyway 
I mean "how do we use them?"
But after doing a bit search (as I use pcmcia-cs instead of wlan-ng) and check iwconfig manpages, I know I have to
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iwconfig eth1 essid linksys
dhcpcd eth1
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for my AP, and it works. When we have more than 1 AP, we choose with "iwconfig eth1 ap AP_MAC" (default is "any", choosing the one with the strongest signal).
And here is my new problem: when I issue a "iwconfig eth1 ap MYAPMAC" to try, my orinoco gold responds "Operation not permitted"... Normally I wont need to use this, but I'd like to try it... I had firmware 7.28, so I decided to update to latest, 8.72. I did and the problem remains....
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