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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Basiclinux 3.5 and wireless (ma401).
  • Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:30:50 +0000 (UTC)

Search online for your card and linux. Other people had problems with it determining the speed (10 or 100Mb/s) and had some solution.

You can teach me to use wireless tools.

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

Ok, I downloaded the new kernel (bzimasmf.431). I'm not sure if it
works with other stuff such as mice and sound cards as I've not tried
it yet. BL3 booted up and looked in the right place this time. I also
installed the new modules (modules-pcmcia-min-2431.tgz). I also
installed modules-pcmcia-wireless-431.tgz and modules-smf-431.tgz as
well just to try it. I also modified /etc/pcmcia/config;


device "orinoco_cs"
class "wireless"
module "hermes","orinoco","orinoco_cs"

card "Netgear MA401"
manfid 0x000b, 0x7300
bind "orinoco_cs"

and

I also placed #'s in front of the device lines for pcnet_cs, REMing
them out (REM=remark, basic prog. language command. Now
I feel old :) !).

If you have only one wireless card you could have edited this section and replaced pcnet_cs with orinoco_cs.

The cdrom seems to work much better with no need for me to do a few
extra insmod's. But the good news is that the card might just be
possibly working. I'm missing "wireless start eth0", however after
running /etc/pcmcia/start.

You need to make an eth0 script, I think. I do things manually.

The card seems to be detected and the light comes on; I can even start
to set some of the card's settings, e.g. ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.99;
ifconfig eth0 essid, etc. But x.x (cue drumroll!) the light goes out
on the card after a short time, and the system locks up !

Check online.

Getting a little further!

ljones

SIndi


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