[lug] Wireless networking

[Ed Hill]

On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 13:38, Terry Branaman wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 09:21, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > > 
> > > root at laptop ~ # cardctl status
> > > Socket 0:
> > >   3.3V CardBus card
> > >   function 0: [ready]
> > > root at laptop ~ # cardctl ident
> > > Socket 0:
> > >   no product info available
> > > root at laptop ~ #  cardctl info  
> > > PRODID_1=""
> > > PRODID_2=""
> > > PRODID_3=""
> > > PRODID_4=""
> > > MANFID=0000,0000
> > > FUNCID=255
> > > 
> > > root at laptop ~ # grep -i pcmcia /var/log/messages
> > > Jul 17 10:51:05 laptop pcmcia: Starting PCMCIA services:  
> > > Jul 17 10:51:05 laptop pcmcia: cardmgr[954]: watching 1 sockets 
> > > Jul 17 10:51:05 laptop pcmcia: done. 
> > > Jul 17 10:51:05 laptop rc: Starting pcmcia:  succeeded 


Hi Terry,

As Hugh pointed out, you normally are able to get the manfid:

[root at eddy root]# cardctl ident
Socket 0:
  no product info available
Socket 1:
  product info: "NETGEAR", "FA510", "Fast Ethernet CardBus Card", "1.00"
  manfid: 0x9513, 0x0081
  function: 6 (network)
[root at eddy root]# 

and then enter these values into /etc/pcmcia/config to specify the
driver for that particular card.

I suggest you take the card and laptop to the next Hacking Society
meeting:

  http://hackingsociety.org/

where they're very likely to have a wireless access point, extra cards
for you to try, and folks with plenty of experience.  Its where I got my
first doses of WiFi-on-Linux!  ;-)

Ed

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