Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to workin linux????

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I have not yet messed with wireless on Mandrake.  However, with Red Hat, I remeber having better luck downloading the latest pcmcia code from the developers. Red Hat's scripts etc. were different enough, that I could never figure out what combination of /etc/init.d/network /etc/init.d/pcmcia would actually bring the card up and  try to dhcp for an address etc.  I took a quick gander at /etc/pcmcia/network and it looks like Red Hat's script.  I specifically says under the "start" case statement option that it takes care of the wireless network somewhere else.  There are probably lots of people who can get it to work the "red hat" way, but you might want to try replacing the pcmcia rpm install with a tar install from the developers.

just a thought.

Dave Seff wrote:

I always go with linksys for my networing and wireless needs. I haven't
come across a device that wasn't supported under Linux. 

-Dave
On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 01:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

I've tried linux-wlan-ng-pre4/5/6 and I still can't get my wireless card to 
work. It's a Netgear MA401. I followed the directions in the README file and 
added alias wlan0 prism2_cs to /etc/modules.conf but I can't get the beast to 
work! The default install did not associate the card with the AP even though 
the README file assured me that it would associate to any nearby AP. lsmod 
shows that the drivers (prism2_cs and p80211) were installed. After 
configuring the appropriate files in /etc/wlan plus /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, 
the card still will not associate with the AP even though I do have the 
correct SSID in the config files. Plus, the nameserver info that I entered 
into /etc/pcmcia/network.opts never got written to /etc/resolv.conf nor did 
wlan0 get configured with an IP address. But, I was able to assign an IP 
address to wlan0 with Linuxconf (I know, this isn't the right way to do it). 

I tried to get the card to work using a file and with instructions, on how to 
use the orinoco driver, that someone had provided and that didn't get it 
going either.

The card works when booted into Windows 2000. 

So, I have to ask: why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work 
under linux?

Mandrake Linux 9.0.

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