Hello John , Try ... , Hth , JimL
http://www.linux-wlan.org/
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, John T. Williams wrote:
> Anyone here know where I can find a could set of instructions for setting up
> wireless on a linux laptop?
> I need do figure out how to:
> 1. get my wireless card into the database that cardmngr uses, because it
> just looks blankly at me when I insert a card and tells me that a hot
> switchable card has been inserted and doesn't know what file to associate
> with it, and I don't know how to tell it, when this hardware id it entered
> associate it with this driver file.
> 2. Also, I've been using http://linux.wlan.org to try to set it up because
> it says it supports my card, but the instruction don't actually include
> anything on what do do have you have successfully compiled it and installed
> it, and again it just stares at me blankly. It includes about 30 scripts
> and maybe I'll be able to get it to do something when I get the cardmgr
> working, but I really wish someone there was working are documenting how to
> use it, not just how to compile and install it.
> 3. Configuration is ambigous at best, but I figure I'll be able to get it
> working by playing around with it once I've figured out what file I need to
> assosicate with my wireless card and how to get cardmgr to stop looking at
> me blankly.
> Specs
> i386 (Mandrake 9.1)
> gcc 3.2
> my card is the
> Linksys 802.11a/g WPC55AG Cardbus Atheros
> Any help, or pointers towards help would be very nice.
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