Re: Wireless?
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 09:13:46PM -0600, Terrence Oblak wrote: > I'm running Mandrake 8.0 on a tiPowerbook (much faster than OS X ever did). > My work has a wireless network using a Linksys Wireless Access Point. > Does Apple's Airport card communicate with other WAPs or is it designed to > work with the Air Base Station only? I've been told that it will work with > other WAPs and that it won't. Yes I have used my Titanium's Airport card with Lucent RG1000 access points, SMC's and Linksys'. > My other question is, will Mandrake support the Airport card? Yes. First make sure the correct kernel modules are loaded, in this order: insmod hermes insmod oricono insmod airport Then just use netconf and set eth0 to use kernel module airport. Then use iwconfig if you're using WEP (encryption keys/passwords) (in the wireless-tools package if you don't have it installed) like so: iwconfig eth0 essid key If you have a ascii password append s: to the front of it. For example if your ascii password is "abcde" and the network name is "wlan" you would use: iwconfig eth0 essid wlan key s:abcde HTH -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org Wizard's First Rule - People are stupid, they will believe anything if they want it to be true or they fear it is true - Terry Goodkind
Re: Wireless?
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Terrence Oblak wrote: TO> I'm running Mandrake 8.0 on a tiPowerbook (much faster than OS X TO> ever did). TO> TO> My work has a wireless network using a Linksys Wireless Access TO> Point. Is it 802.11b? TO> Does Apple's Airport card communicate with other WAPs or is it TO> designed to work with the Air Base Station only? I've been told TO> that it will work with other WAPs and that it won't. Airport follows the 802.11b standard and can hence communicate with all base stations (and cards for that matter) that follow this standard. TO> My other question is, will Mandrake support the Airport card? This I also want to know. -- Henrik Edlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.edlund.org/ "You're young, you're drunk, you're in bed, you have knives; shit happens." -- Angelina Jolie
Wireless?
I'm running Mandrake 8.0 on a tiPowerbook (much faster than OS X ever did). My work has a wireless network using a Linksys Wireless Access Point. Does Apple's Airport card communicate with other WAPs or is it designed to work with the Air Base Station only? I've been told that it will work with other WAPs and that it won't. My other question is, will Mandrake support the Airport card? Thanks, Terrence Oblak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netatalk, zips and oterh stuff
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Ken Simpson wrote: > Hi all, traffic on this list is getting pretty small, have I missed something? > We're still here ;^) > 1. I would like to network my Powerbook running LM8 to my desktop > running MacOS 9.2.1. From my reading it looks like I need netatalk, > but I can't work out if it has been installed by Mandrake, and if it > has, how to use it. I have read the HOWTO's on the disk, but so far > have not been (mainly able to work out if it is installed and how to > run it. Any help here? > Not on the CD - but there is an RPM on my web page - below. As to how to use it, you could try this piece I wrote a while back: http://networking.earthweb.com/netos/oslin/article/0,,12284_624251,00.html David is working on an official MDK netatalk RPM > 2. I would like to be able to use my (SCSI) zip disk on my powerbook. > dmemsg tells me it is sensed at sda so I made an entry in fstab > /dev/zip /mnt/zip hfs nosuid - can't rememebr the next bit ... 0 0 > > then I made a directory /mnt/zip and made a link from /dev/sda to /dev/zip > > Then I tried mount /dev/zip - can't mount because wrong start block, > or too many filesystems mounted. > > tried canging it from hfs to vfat - no difference > Try to examine the partition table of the disk - chances are your data is on a particualr partition. Typically DOS formatted Zips are on sda4, MacOS, I don't know, but the 1st partiton is usually the map, with a few more for drivers. Try this sync sync(just in case) /sbin/pdisk -l /dev/sda and look for the data partition (the big HFS one) > Any idea where to go next (zip won't work on my desktop either) > > Finally, the rpm blues are getting me down, nearly every package I am > interested in fails due to broken dependencies. Is there an easier > way than this? > Oh yes - try urmpi - it will find the dependencies and offer to install the other packages for you ;^) Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC Faq: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&m=99441208917647&w=
Re: Netatalk, zips and oterh stuff
> then I made a directory /mnt/zip and made a link from /dev/sda to /dev/zip Zip disks tend to be partitioned by default. I'm speaking from a VFAT and IDE background here, but try mounting /dev/sda4 instead and see if it works. Disk partition #4 is where Iomega puts the VFAT file system by default on VFAT-formatted discs...try other numbers if that doesn't work. If it's an empty disc, you can always reformat it to your liking. I tend to keep ext2 filesystems on mine. --ryan.
Netatalk, zips and oterh stuff
Hi all, traffic on this list is getting pretty small, have I missed something? 1. I would like to network my Powerbook running LM8 to my desktop running MacOS 9.2.1. From my reading it looks like I need netatalk, but I can't work out if it has been installed by Mandrake, and if it has, how to use it. I have read the HOWTO's on the disk, but so far have not been (mainly able to work out if it is installed and how to run it. Any help here? 2. I would like to be able to use my (SCSI) zip disk on my powerbook. dmemsg tells me it is sensed at sda so I made an entry in fstab /dev/zip /mnt/zip hfs nosuid - can't rememebr the next bit ... 0 0 then I made a directory /mnt/zip and made a link from /dev/sda to /dev/zip Then I tried mount /dev/zip - can't mount because wrong start block, or too many filesystems mounted. tried canging it from hfs to vfat - no difference Any idea where to go next (zip won't work on my desktop either) Finally, the rpm blues are getting me down, nearly every package I am interested in fails due to broken dependencies. Is there an easier way than this? Thanks -- Regards Ken mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
