[PLUG] Wireless D-link PCI card

Russell Evans revans at e-z.net
Sun Nov 17 02:37:30 UTC 2002


If `yast2 lan` does not see the card, at the command prompt  do



On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 17:46:54 -0800, Russell Evans said:

> Does yast2 see the card and only the wireless setting are not available? If so,
>  setup the card in yast2, `yast2 lan`. This should leave a ifcfg-ethX file in
>  the /etc/sysconfig/network directory.
>  
>  Open the ifcfg-ethX in an editor and add  WIRELESS='yes'  or 
>  echo WIRELESS='yes' >> /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-ethX.
>  
>  Start yast2 lan again and choose edit. Choose ethX and the options for wireless
>  should now be avialable for you to setup.
>  
>  You will need to have the wireless tools, pcmcia, and wlan-ng rpms installed. 
>  
>  If `yast2 lan` does not see the card at the command prompt 
>  
>  modprobe prism2_pci 
>  #see if yast2 lan sees the card, do the above
>  rmmod prism2_pci
>  modprobe prism2_plx
>  #see if yast2sees the card, do the above
>  rmmod prism2_plx
>  
>  modprobe orinoco_pci
>  #see if yast2 lan sees the card, do the above
>  rmmod orinoco_pci
>  modprobe orinoco_plx
>  #see if yast2 lan sees the card, do the above
>  
>  Thank you
>  Russell
>  
>  On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 11:10:06 -0800, Bob said:
>  
>  > Good Morning Everyone;
>  >  
>  >  I am running SuSe 8.1.  I have a DWL-520+, D-Link AirPlus Wireless PCI 
>  >  adapter, I would like to use it on the modest server I put up. I tried using 
>  >  the iwconfig tool.  When I tried to use iwconfig it spits out "no wireless 
>  >  extensions find"  AT this point I assume the D-Link card I am using is not 
>  >  going to be usable. . Can anyone suggest a card the does work in linux or any 
>  >  more ideas.  I would like to get the server out of the small office to 
>  >  different place.  I was hoping to avoid doing any cable running.   
>  >  
>  >  Thanks for your help
>  >  bob
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