dont' i need to have modprobe.conf showing 2 drivers?
orinoco and orinoco_cs ??
thanks,
mike hoy
Gerard Snitselaar wrote:
>What is the output of lsmod when you have the orinoco drivers
>installed?
>
>You will also want a line in the /etc/modprobe.conf file
>like this:
>
>alias eth1 orinoco_cs
>
>
>
>On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 12:33:33AM -0700, Mike Hoy wrote:
>
>
>>[mikeaz_laptop@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
>>cat: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1: No such file or directory
>>[mikeaz_laptop@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>>DEVICE=eth0
>>BOOTPROTO=dhcp
>>ONBOOT=yes
>>TYPE=Ethernet
>>[mikeaz_laptop@localhost ~]$
>>
>>I'm guessing that since this is set to be eth0 I need to make an
>>identical one named ifcg-eth1.
>>
>>because it always seems to be eth1 for my wifi card.
>>
>>any ideas?
>>
>>mike hoy
>>
>>
>>
>>Gerard Snitselaar wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>In FC2 I have it all in the ifcfg file for the wireless interface.
>>>I imagine it is the same for FC3. Take a look at
>>>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and see what it contains.
>>>
>>>This is what my wireless ifcfg file looks like. ath0 because I have
>>>the atheros chipset, which I have had no problems with. My laptop
>>>and one of my pcs use atheros wifi.
>>>
>>>DEVICE=ath0
>>>BOOTPROTO=dhcp
>>>TYPE=Wireless
>>>ESSID=essid
>>>RATE=Auto
>>>IWCONFIG="key 123456789a"
>>>
>>>You can also set other wireless things like
>>>
>>>CHANNEL=
>>>MODE=
>>>PEERDNS=
>>>
>>>Once you have everything set in the ifcfg-eth1 file
>>>you should be able to do ifup eth1, or ifconfig eth1 up
>>>and have the interface using dhcp.
>>>
>>>On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 11:01:25PM -0700, mike hoy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ok, can you tell me exactly what you want me to type to 'keep this card
>>>>on dhcp'?
>>>>
>>>>/sbin/iwconfig eth1 xxxxxx ??
>>>>or
>>>>/sbin/ifconfig eth1 xxxx ?
>>>>
>>>>or is there some setting elsewhere perhaps in an application?
>>>>
>>>>and as fars as the router goes it is not my own so I can't do anything
>>>>for it.
>>>>btw using gnome in FC3 2.6.10 kernel
>>>>
>>>>thanks,
>>>>
>>>>mike hoy
>>>>
>>>>Michael wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>That card should work, set up router to give that nic a static ip, but
>>>>>keep the nic on DHCP. I found this worked on mine, I am using Netgear
>>>>>wg511.
>>>>>
>>>>>mike hoy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Pluggers!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi, I bought a netgear ma401 wifi nic at the suggestion of a fellow
>>>>>>plugger a while back because it 'just worked' when used with
>>>>>>slackware. However, since slackware never could get my sound card
>>>>>>working I swithced to fedora core 3 and this netgear ma401 802.11b
>>>>>>16-bit PCMCIA wifi nic doesn't work. but i am confused because it
>>>>>>seems like it is at least recognized:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>here is ifconfig
>>>>>>
>>>>>>eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"" Nickname:"Prism I"
>>>>>> Mode:Managed Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 Bit
>>>>>>Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
>>>>>>Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
>>>>>> Power Management:off
>>>>>> Link Quality=0/92 Signal level=-68 dBm Noise level=-122 dBm
>>>>>> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
>>>>>> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This leads me to believe it is a prism chipset
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>dmesg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>eth1: Station identity 001f:0006:0001:0003
>>>>>>eth1: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.3.6
>>>>>>eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
>>>>>>eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
>>>>>>eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
>>>>>>eth1: MAC address 00:09:5B:23:3B:D6
>>>>>>eth1: Station name "Prism I"
>>>>>>eth1: ready
>>>>>>eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
>>>>>>
>>>>>>*these are just the last few lines the entire dmesg can be seen at:
>>>>>>http://www.pastebin.com/230853
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>by the way Dennis K, could you dmesg and iwconfig your netgear card
>>>>>>for me and tell me what yours says? we have the same card you and I.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks gals and guys,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Mike Hoy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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