Three weeks before I installed Linux in my office Laptop, without realizing that i have wireless network. I searched on the internet to install linksys wireless PCMCIA Card in my laptop. Here is the configuration to install What I had to do was the following:
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1. Boot PC with the card not fitted.
2. loaded modules orinoco, orinoco_cs, hermes
3. Fit card, PC should beep.
4. tail -10 /var/log/messages and write down the 2 addresses after manfid
5. create /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf with the following in it.
device “orinoco_cs”
class “network”
module “hermes”, “orinoco”, “orinoco_cs”
# LinkSys WPC11
card “Instant Wireless Network PC Card”
manfid 0×0274,0×1612 #Substitute your addresses here
bind “orinoco_cs”
6. restart pcmcia services - /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart
Now in network settings you should be able to add new device - wireless and see the Orinoco card type available
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One important thing to notice, check the channel for router and your card, if both are in different channels, the connection will be slow. Mostly the channel will be 11 . If it is 11 in router , change it in your card configuration , this is common for both linux and windows based operating systems.
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1 Sreekesh Menon // Jan 10, 2005 at 3:18 pm
This is helpful. I was looking for this info.thanks bro! and keep up the good work.
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