Getting Linksys WMP11 WiFi running under Mandrake 8.2

[Craig White]

On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 19:26, cybersapient@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am trying to get a friend of mine's computer up and
> running with Mandrake 8.2 and a Linksys WMP11 802.11b
> WiFi card.
> 
> I have installed the 8.2 kernel source tree (123+MB),
> the pcmcia-cs rpm from Mandrake's CD, and the
> wvlan-ng- rpms.
> 
> 
> I configured the wlan.conf file in /etc to my access
> point .
> 
> When I boot the machine, I get errors that indicate
> that wlan0 is not present. 
> 
> I can give a full /var/log/messages dump of the
> pertinent errors issued by the system on bootup, if
> someone wants the nitty gritty details.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your time and any assistance you
> can provide!!
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redhat also has something called wireless-tools that needs to be
installed. Not sure on Mandrake

Craig