On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Oeystein Olsen wrote: > On Sunday 13 July 2003 21:44, Hudson, Chadd wrote: > > I've seen some messages around the net about how this wireless nic is > > not supported in Linux. I've also seen where some people claim they've > > got them to work but their links to the How-tos they used are dead. > > Does anyone know where I can find a how-to or hints to get this to work? > > It's great to have this nic on the lid of my notebook and not have a > > pccard sticking out but it would be even better to have it work under > > Linux. > > If it matters I'm running Red Hat 9 w/ stock kernel, W200 embedded > > wireless nic on a Compaq N800c. > > > > Thanks for any help or directions to help, > > C > > Driver can be downloaded from: > > http://orinoco-usb.alioth.debian.org/ > > Just follow the instructions that comes with the source. When it's finished > compiling and you've done 'make install', you'll still haven't installed the > modules. There will be several modules that already exist in > /lib/modules/kernel-version/../.. Replace those with your new modules. > You'll propably have some new modules also. Put them in the same folder. Then > run depmod -ae. I've installed version 0-1.4 on a compaq Evo N800v. Turn on > the card and run iwconfig. You should have a wlan0 device. This is not > recognized by neat so you'll have to configure your card manually. > I'll make rpms when my own card arrives. Compaq doesn't seem to be in > a hurry to deliver the card so it may take a while. ( 3 weeks and counting.) > > > Have a look at this e-mail: > http://ranty.pantax.net/pipermail/orinoco-usb-devel/2003-July/000244.html > > Good luck. Actually, if the card is an Orinoco based card, it is supported, out of the box. At least, the Orinoco Gold card I have is. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
