On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:22:59 -0400, Logan Tygart
<thelogan@allyourbase-arebelongto.us> wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 23:19, Chuck Hast wrote:
> > Folks,
> > I am trying to get familiar with Debian, I have a Tosh 490xdt which I am
> > installing it on. Seems most stuff is coming up but the network piece. I
> > have PCMCIA WiFi card in it (senao card which uses the prisim chip
> > set) but it appears that a eth0 entry was not created in the system.
> > PCMCIA appears to come up if I do a lsmod I see all of the modules in
> > there, the WiFi card even lights up a small pilot LED when the PCMCIA
> > stuff starts running and beeps.
>
> Which version of Debian are you running? Woody, Sarge or Sid?
> Did you install the linux-wlan-ng-modules for your kernel? What about
> wireless-tools?
Woody, I just found a on line install guide and followed it, in order to make
sure I was doing stuff right. this is my first jab at Debian. The
install instructions
were more oriented towards a desktop and did not really take into account
PCMCIA.
I have wireless tools, but I am not sure about the wlan-ng-modules
>
> Try: apt-cache search wireless . It will show a list of wireless
> goodies available for installation.
>
kismet - 802.11b monitoring tool
gkrellmwireless - 802.11 wireless link monitor plugin for GKrellM
wavemon - wireless device monitoring application
airsnort - WLAN sniffer
libobexftp-dev - Object Exchange File Transfer Library
libopenobex-dev - OBEX protocol library - development files
flexmem - File Transfer to Flex.memory on Siemens GSM Mobiles
libobexftp1 - Object Exchange File Transfer Library
Ig-issue61 - Issue 621 of the Linux Gazette
libopenobex1 - OBEX protocol library
konverse - a jabber cliente for KDE
rspfd - Radio Shortest Path Daemon
wireless-tools - Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
wmwave - Monitor status of a 802.11 wireless ethernet link
procmeter3 - X based system status monitor
pcmcia-cs - PCMCIA Card Services for Linux
> Then: apt-get install linux-wlan-ng-modules-your.kernel.version
> wireless-tools .
>
I guess I messed something up there, I tried
apt-get install linux-wlan-ng-modules-2.2.20
and was told there was nothing of the like
> You may also need to install dhclient if you are using dynamic ip
> addresses.
I am using static addressing right now, will deal with DHCP later on
just want to get this all up and working.
> >
> > But when I do a ifconfig, all I see is the 'lo' entry, no eth0 or any other
> > assigment.
>
> Set up wlan0 in /etc/network/interfaces. Assuming you will be using
> dhcp, add this:
>
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
>
> In /etc/wlan there will be wlancfg-DEFAULT. Copy this file and change
> DEFAULT to what ever your ssid is (cp wlancfg-DEFAULT wlancfg-foo) .
> Then edit the file and make the appropriate changes for network foo,
> where foo is the ssid you use for your network.
>
> >
> > Trying to figure out what I have not done correctly.
>
> This should get you going.
>
> The Logan
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