[lug] Wireless networking

[Terry Branaman]

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 09:32, jhswope wrote:
> The Mandrake default install does not install Wireless tools.  Check to 
> make sure you have the package wireless-tools-25-4mdk installed. 
> Easiest way to check is to try the command "/sbin/iwconfig".
> 
Yep, got that:
root at laptop ~ # /sbin/iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

vmnet8    no wireless extensions.

vmnet1    no wireless extensions.

> Terry Branaman wrote:
> > I'm trying to get wireless networking on my laptop, with no success. The
> > laptop is a Toshiba Satellite 5205 running Mandrake 9.1. The wireless
> > nic is a SMC2635W. I followed the instructions on the SMC web site:
> > 
> > 1. Add the following lines to your /etc/pcmcia/config file: 
> > card "SMC2632W" 
> > manfid 0x0156, 0x0002 
> > bind "wvlan_cs" 
> > 
> > 2. Add or uncomment the following lines to your /etc/pcmcia/config.opts
> > file: 
> > # Options for WaveLAN/IEEE driver (AccessPoint mode)... 
> > #module "wvlan_cs" opts "station_name=MY_PC" 
> > # Options for WaveLAN/IEEE driver (ad-hoc mode)... 
> > module "wvlan_cs" opts "port_type=1 channel=6 station_name=Linux" 
> > 
> > 3. Add or uncomment these lines to your /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts file: 
> > # Note : wvlan_cs driver only, and version 1.0.4+ for encryption support
> > *,*,*,00:e0:29:*) # Here you should enter the MAC address of your 
> > INFO="SMC test network adapter" #wireless adapter 
> > ESSID="any" 
> > MODE="Infrastructure" 
> > RATE="auto" 
> > CHANNEL="6" 
> > Lastly, run the Linuxconf Utility and configure your first network
> > interface (assuming you only have one network adapter in your system) to
> > use the "Net Device" = "wvlan0" and set it to DHCP or static depending
> > on your network infrastructure.
> > 
> > I then restarted the pcmcia and network services, but the system is not
> > seeing the wireless nic; it is seeing the built-in 10/100 nic (eth0)
> > just fine. "ifup eht1" gives the message "wvlan0 device eth1 does not
> > seem to be present, delaying initialization."
> > 
> > I've looked on google, without success, for aditional information that
> > might help. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
-- 
Terry Branaman <t-branaman at comcast.net>