[Tfug] Debian Linux on Libretto

[Glenn Shannon]

I have been unable to get my "prism2" cards (Linksys WPC11) to be
recognized by the prism2 driver.

If I use the Orinoco driver, all is well. But the second I edit the
/etc/pcmcia/config file and put in for prism2, I get the device as
wlan0, but it is inconfigurable. When I use the Orinoco driver, it
becomes eth1 and I can iwconfig and ifconfig it to my heart's content.

Any ideas?

-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-admin@tfug.org [mailto:tfug-admin@tfug.org] On Behalf Of
Harry McGregor
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 1:43 PM
To: tfug@tfug.org
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Debian Linux on Libretto

On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Anthony Steckman wrote:

>
>
> See, now I have to admit that I just use Mandrake as a workstation
(and
> mostly for fun).
>
> The only thing that ever comes up here that I know anything about is
> networking, and even there I'm at a disadvantage... All the hardware
> I've ever had has worked for whatever I wanted it to do. It's never
> occurred to me to try to improve the performance of anything. Every
> computer here seems to perform it's given task(s) just fine without
any
> (okay, without much) hardware tweaking. And, believe it or not, the
> computers that I do have are all strung together with cable. Not a
> wireless piece in the whole bunch.
>
> Librettos running Debian, wireless ethernet cards, 12 step
> programs...
>
> It's all a little bit beyond my grasp.
>
> Maybe someone else will jump in with some suggestions.
>
>
> + I'm probably responding to some of what was said below:
>
> . Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 13:00:51 -0500
> . Subject: [Tfug] Debian Linux on Libretto
> . From: Jasmine Tea <jasmint@mindspring.com>
> . Reply-To: tfug@tfug.org
> . To: tfug@tfug.org
> .
> .
> .
> . > Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 01:44:28 -0700 (MST)
> . > From: Anthony Steckman
> . > To: tfug
> . > Subject: Re: [Tfug] Debian Linux on Libretto
> . > Reply-To: tfug@tfug.org
> . >
> . >
> . >
> . > We speak in code.
> . I used to but my friends did an intervention and now I'm a 12 step
program. I
> . get my 1 year chip soon!
> .
> . > Debian as your first Linux install? Come on,
> . > really. How many aspirin
> . > did you have to take?
> . Yes, I'm not sure what kind of insanity took hold for me. It's
probably
> . related to the code addiction. I've never attempted a linux install
before,
> . much less on a laptop.
> .
> . I used a combination of a pcmcia floppy and cdrom drive and the 20MB
flash
> . memory card and adapter for a digital camera.
> .
> . I want to stick a wireless ethernet card in here. Any suggestions as
to which
> . brand/model and tips and tricks to configure on Debian woody?

You will want to change your pcmcia configs, but I would recomend
anything
with a prism2 chipset (Belkin, linksys, dlink, etc), and are rather
cheap.
On the expensive side I like the Cisco Aironet 350.

			Harry

> . Thanks and Hiya!
> . JasmineT
> . jasmint@mindspring.com.nospamplease
> .
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