Using Wireless WaveLan

[askh52]

I am using Lucent WaveLan card with Corel Linux, but i cannot configure it as eth0, and i got no idea where to configure the access point that i need to go to (Like my school using npnet).Do anyone know where to download the diver for the wavelan(corel linux detected it and install<i think>. It shows in the stats)

[triplehex]

Did you try wavelan.com. They have the downloads for the card firmware and drivers for linux.

[jcrowe]

also, let us know how it goes. I have the same card in a WIN2K box, that I would like to change over to a linux box.

[askh52]

I don't think they come out any software with linux yet.....i saw an AP's software for linux....., but what i want is the software for the wavelan card........

[jcrowe]

I think that all you need is the software for the card. you can tell it what encryption code to use and the same stuff as the windows card software. I don't think they have the software that lets you monitor your connection and all that jazz, but theoreticly it should work without it.

jcrowe

[r]

Some links at the bottom should get you started. I use Mandrake 7.2 with pcmcia_cs 3.1.24 with a Lucent Orinoco silver card and ISA adaptor. For me the win98 comp has to create the network first then my linux computer can join the network, strange. I just edit the /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file to configure the wireless settings. I'm using the wvlan_cs driver and not the Lucent binary driver wavelan_cs. It is nice to see more discussions on wireless stuff.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcmcia-cs/
http://www.live.com/wireless/unix-base-station.html
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html

aloha, r

[ 24 March 2001: Message edited by: r ]