[ltp] wireless on T30?

[D. Sen]

Hmmm that site worked as recently as last week. The best I can do is 
send you the package.

Btw, I found the site from linuxcare's certification page:
http://www.linuxcare.com/labs/certs/ibm/thinkpad/t30/index.epl

DS
Errikos Pitsos wrote:
> The remove/insert module technique is the first I tried, but it did not 
> work for me:(
> If the procedure you describe below, works, using the hostap drivers, 
> could you please post another server for them, the one you wrote is 
> unfortunately down. I have been looking for a solution to getting rid of 
> that pcmcia wlan card for a long time and would be super happy if I too, 
> could fix that problem.
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> cheers
> erik
> 
> 
>>> 2. Has anyone had positive experiences installing the linux-wlan-ng 
>>> prism2
>>> drivers (prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us)?  If so, do the drivers 
>>> really work
>>> better than the orinocco_pci driver?  If you recommend them, do you 
>>> have any
>>> installation tips?  My first attempt at installation didn't work.
>>>
>>
>> I use the prism drivers from:
>> http://hostap.epitest.fi
>>
>> After compiling/installation, (typing `make pci; make install_pci`),
>> I can load the modules and start the network using a script that looks 
>> as follows:
>>
>> ESS_ID=<your essid here>;
>> dev=wlan0;
>> PASS = "s:<your password here> [1]"
>>
>> modprobe -a hostap_pci;
>> iwconfig $dev mode ad-hoc
>> iwconfig $dev sens 3
>> iwconfig $dev essid $ESS_ID
>> iwconfig $dev freq 2.457G
>> iwconfig $dev key $PASS
>> iwconfig $dev txpower 10dBm
>> iwconfig $dev rate 11M auto
>> ifup wlan0;
>>
>>
>>> 3. Are there utilities for switching between wired and wireless 
>>> ethernet?
>>> Currently I do this by commenting out the appropriate "alais eth0" 
>>> line in
>>> /etc/modules.conf.  Is it possible to switch without rebooting?
>>>
>>
>> You should never have to reboot to do anything :-) (That is unless you 
>> are changing the kernel or the kernel options during booting)
>>
>> The way I switch between wired and wireless is to `ifdown wlan0` (to 
>> disable the wireless network) and '`ifup eth0` (to enable the wired 
>> network) and similarly the other way around.
>>
>> I have no 'alias eth0 <>` in my /etc/modules.conf as it tries to 
>> configure the wired ethernet during boot time that way.
>>
>> To get your ifup, ifdowns to work, you might have to edit the 
>> appropriate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/[ifcfg-eth0|ifcfg-wlan0] 
>> files (to use dhcp or static addresses). These are also changeable 
>> using configuration utilities that come with Redhat/Mandrake....
>>
>> If you choose to keep on using the orinoco_pci modules, then `ifup 
>> eth0`  schemes wont work as both the ethernet drivers and the wireless 
>> drivers will use eth0. In that case, you have to removed the module 
>> using `ifdown eth0; rmmod [orinoco_pci|eepro100|e100]` and then insert 
>> the appropriate module using `modprobe -a [orinoco_pci|eepro100|e100]; 
>> ifup eth0'
>>
>> Good luck. Like I said, I have them working reliably. Here's to 
>> lengthy uptimes on your T30.
>>
>> DS
>>
>>>         --Jody
>>>
>>
> 

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