[PLUG] Got RealTek 8081 working...

[plug_0 at robinson-west.com]

It won't work as an AP, but I can 
get it to work for ad-hoc 
connections.

Without even orienting the antenna 
in the right direction, I know I 
can reach at least one place worth 
getting to.  I'm sure I can do a 
long range wireless network even 
if I have to do multiple hops.  
I don't know how to activate WEP. 
There's something called WPA 
also.  I'm using the Windows XP 
driver from RealTek's webiste 
with ndiswrapper-1.0, 
Slackware-10.1, and a 2.6.10 kernel.

One gotcha is that you must compile 
usb support as a module and modules 
for usb hub support seem to be needed 
as well.  My wifi adapter isn't USB 
based, but ndiswrapper probably 
requires USB hooks in the kernel
for other wireless adapters that 
are.

NFS root with Slackware-10.1 is a 
cinch.  All I had to do was add a 
single if in rc.S to 
bypass the file system check and 
voila.  I wish I knew how to turn 
hotplug support off.  I don't 
have anything in my router box 
that needs that.  The way the
the Slackware 10.1 modutils
work with both 2.4 and 2.6
kernels is sweet.

I can run these cards in ad-hoc 
mode.  I don't know if ndiswrapper 
with the most recent XP driver 
can operate the card as an access 
point, but I can at least establish 
point to point links now.

     --  Michael C. Robinson