Re: Cheap and Easy Wireless Option For Linux
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propagate and get saved to Google now. I'm posting this reply only
for that reason. Thus the uncharacteristic top-post explanation. :-)
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 23:28:05 -0600, NewsGroup Browser wrote:
> Just thought I'd post due to I worked for weeks trying to get differnent
> wireless cards to work and trying linux-wlan, different drivers, kernel
> rebuilds, and all to no avail. I finally found a quick, cheap and easy
> way to get a D-Link 650 to work and so for it works fine with Fedora
> 3/2/1, Mandrake 10.1, Ubuntu and Damn Small Linux. Here is the low
> down:
>
> Here ya go:
>
> 1. Wireless Card: ($14 rebuilt card, mine was $22 with shipping)
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=174000&CatId=367
>
> 2. NDISWrapper:
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93482&package_id=99148
>
> 3. Realtek 8180 XP Windows Drivers:
> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?Keyword=8180
>
> 4. Steps to install and get working.
>
> - Insert Card
> - Extract RealTek Drivers
> - Install NDISWrapper (follow below instructions versus README because
> of problems listed further below)
> -- Extract NDISWrapper
> -- make install
> -- ndiswrapper -i /path to realtek driver's .inf
> -- modprobe ndiswrapper (card should be lit up now)
> -- ndiswrapper -m (to set ndiswrapper to boot as module at startup)
> - Copy /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
> - Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and set ONBOOT to "No"
> versus "Yes" (if you leave it yes it causes default gw problems with
> wlan0 and will cause wlan0 to loose connectivity upon ifup for wlan0
> also)
> - Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 and change all the IP
> settings to what you want wlan0 to be, leave ONBOOT "Yes", make sure
> all other IP settings are correct. Change type to wireless versus
> ethernet , and ADD to the end of file the following:
>
> mode managed
> essid whateveryours is
> key "if you have WEP Key"
>
> - ifdown eth0
> - ifconfig wlan0 IPaddress, netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
> 192.168.1.255 (or 10 if thats what you have)
> - route add default gw 192.168.?.? wlan0 (or 10. or whatever your gw is)
> - if config wlan0 up
> - iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
> - iwconfig wlan0 essid (whatever yours is)
> - iwconfig wlan0 key (whatever yours is if you have WEP)
>
> All should work now (or at least will when you reboot). I did find a
> problem initially when I would set iwconf first and then ifconfig second
> and then bring card up. It would null out the original iwconfig and I
> would have to redo it and reset the default gw. You can piddle with it
> initally, but the ifcfg-wlan0 and ndiswrapper module will cause card to
> work correctly upon reboot as long as you have eth0 disabled at boot.
>
> I also found the KWifiManager (Comes installed Core 3, but can be
> downloaded) works pretty good for checking connections or scanning for
> networks.
>
> If ya decide to get one, Enjoy!
>
> After actually getting this to work, it was pretty easy and a relatively
> cheap way of getting it to work.
>
> Again, Hope it works for ya as easy as it did for me.
>
> Judge Stone
>
> "We know your in there, so come out with your hands up and surrender the
> Orangatang!"
> Judd Nelson, "Jay And Silent Bob Strikes Back"!
Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com)
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