The 2Wire cards are, in fact, Orinoco cards, and Mandrake 9.1 should recognize it natively...it did with mine at the very least...

Derek Jennings wrote:

On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 5:06 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote:

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From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet


On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 1:55 am, Teilhard Knight wrote:

Hi there.

I am trying to configure a wireless connection with a remote (just the


The modem-router is a 2Wire which on the back it says "Home Portal 1000SW"
(Provided by ISP)

The home portal is connected to one computer through an Ethernet card, and
to another (wireless) to a SMC receiver which is the (USB) SMC2662W, and to
a laptop with a (wireless) PCMCIA card "2Wire WiFi", apparently the only
model there is from 2Wire.


Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial



So the card you are trying to get working is the "2Wire WiFi" PCMCIA card.?


The manufacturers web site does not give any details about the chip set used, but the picture looks like an Orinoco card. If it is, then setting it up in Mandrake is easy.

First make sure you have the wireless-tools RPM loaded using Mandrake Software Manager. Also make sure the pcmcia-cs RPM is installed (it should have been installed by default)

When you insert the card do you hear two 'beeps' from the speaker?
Are they the same tone or different tones?

When you then open Mandrake Control Centre>Networking
does it list the wireless interface in the box with a driver name?

When you go through the wizard does it say it has discovered a card?
And does it then present you with a list of wireless parameters for you to fill in?


If you do not see these things then open a console, enter su to become root and enter cardctl ident
and post the results to us.


derek



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