I just got linux working on the UO campus wireless -- I'm not nearly an expert on wireless on redhat, but I got it working!
Attached is a memo of what I did, the Authenticate step would not be needed on a normal open access point, nor should setting the essid (er, it should be "any" in that case IIRC)... hope this might help -- it is not specific to your card but rather wireless in redhat 9. ( = cheers, Ben B http://benb.org PS - I did fool around with the GUI "redhat-config-network" to get a handle on the eth0/1 -- once you configure there, your normal networking init.d scripts should work as desired. Oh, and if the attachment doesn't show as a plaintext file, I can re-post with cutNpaste... On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:33:51 -0700 Linux Rocks! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | At 11:05 AM 7/17/03 -0700, you wrote: | >I'm trying to ping Jamie about it b/c I think he has the same exact | >wireless card. Kbob and I put in an order together on it, and kbob | >gave his to jamie and he supposedly got it working. So he'd be a | >good place to get tips. | > | >It's a Proxim Rangelan-DS, model 8430. I've seen people say 8433 and | >8434 work but mine is an older one with a different chipset (I | >think). | I think thats the same as mine, the difference between the 33, and 34 | seems to be the antenna (The ones I have are the internal antenna | w/n-type connector for external antenna) BTW anyone have a spare | n-type connector for one of these cards! | | > | >The only place I find in google of someone saying it can work in | >Linux is this link: | >http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/RussellSenior | Personal Telco is a really good site, Seatlewireless is another good | site. The guy that runs peronal telco (he's in ashland I think...) | does spend time on #wireless (on openprojects.net irc server) he can | probably help... so can jouni on the hostap mailing list. | | | | > | >I think we spent $30 or so on it so I'm not totally against buying | >another one that I know works in Linux and using that one for | >Window's only. Anyone have extra pcmcia cards? :) | Yeah... seems I paid $35 each for mine (I bought them from bob, so | shipping wasnt an issue for me... he gracefully and politely showed up | at my door!) | | Jamie | | > | >-Rob | > | >> On 20030717.1054, Ben Barrett said ... | >> | >> (BTW, Jamie is not a redhat guy) -- I just upgraded from RedHat 7.3 | >to> 9, and have been trying to get wireless working on campus (I can | >get my> winders connected no problem, there) -- but I *have* gotten | >wireless to> work from linux at home. I'm guessing from the sound of | >your post, that> you have *not* used the wireless card in linux | >before?? You might want> to test it in another laptop, ie with a | >known configuration, etc, but> you'll certainly want to find out if | >your card is supported. If 10-30> seconds on google does not find | >you the resource you seek, post again to> list and I'll help you out. | > Please do a search yourself, and post the | >> latest resources you find to the list, if you can!! Thanks... | >> | >> regards, | >> | >> Ben B | >> | >> PS - if you state what card (model/make, or chipset) you have, | >that'd be> a start. I've only used lucent/orinioco cards, which are | >> well-supported. Anyone interested: I saw a tri-mode d-link pc | >card for> ~$55 after rebate on dealnews the other day -- I'm pretty | >sure there are> not yet linux drivers, but someday... | >> | >> On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:54:43 -0700 | >> Rob Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | >> | >> | Recently I installed RedHat 9 on my laptop. I haven't been able | >to> | get the wireless network card working. (Jamie, any tips?) | >During the> | process I came up with a few questions... | >> | | >> _______________________________________________ | >> EuG-LUG mailing list | >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >> http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug | >_______________________________________________ | >EuG-LUG mailing list | >[EMAIL PROTECTED] | >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug | > | | _______________________________________________ | EuG-LUG mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
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