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Topic: configuring wireless networking, How can I configure wireless networking?

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writeson

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Posted: July 21 2004,15:17

Hi,

I've got a Compaq Pressario 1800 laptop with a Linksys WPC11 wireless network card. I've installed Damn Small Linux 0.7.2 on the hard drive and need some help configuring the wireless network card. Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas about how to go about configuring this system (or any DSL wireless system for that matter) and where I might look for help?

Thanks in advance,
Doug Farrell

roberts

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Posted: July 22 2004,18:49

If your wireless is supported and you want to connect to your access point then try these iwconfig commands as root:

iwconfig eth0 mode managed channel 6 essid myssid
iwconfig eth0 key xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx essid myssid

Once you get it working add these commands to /opt/bootlocal.sh
And if this is a liveCD then add /opt/bootlocal.sh to your filetool.lst and backup

writeson

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Posted: July 26 2004,13:32

Thanks for the reply, unfortunately the system doesn't recognize the network card at all. When I run the configurator tool it tells me no lan card found.

I'm not sure what to do about that. Any suggestions?

roadie

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Posted: July 26 2004,14:32

The driver you need depends on the version of your card, Linksys changed the chipset to Broadcom a couple or so years ago.
Check /proc/bus to see if it shows up and do a Google search for your version.
http://www.hpl.hp.com/persona....l#howto
This is an excellent site for wireless info.

roadie

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