[ltp] Wireless Networking

[Heather Guse]

Ok, looked at the file I was trying to think of.../etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts
This is the file you need to edit.  Redhat 7+ works great with wireless...you just need the proper config.  In wireless.opts file you need to set the options for your card.  For example:

# Lucent Wavelan IEEE (+ Orinoco, RoamAbout and ELSA)
# Melco/Buffalo Networks WLI-PCM-L11
# Note : wvlan_cs driver only, and version 1.0.4+ for encryption support
*,*,*,00:60:1D:*|*,*,*,00:02:2D:*)
    INFO="Wavelan IEEE example (Lucent default settings)"
    ESSID="ANY"
    MODE="managed"
#    RATE="auto"
    KEY="s:YOURWEPKEY"
# To set all four keys, use :
#   KEY="s:secu1 [1] key s:secu2 [2] key s:secu3 [3] key s:secu4 [4] key [1]"
# For the RG 1000 Residential Gateway: The ESSID is the identifier on
# the unit, and the default key is the last 5 digits of the same.
#   ESSID="084d70"



On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 06:41:50PM -0500, Cameron Hooper had written:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Daniel Andor wrote:
> 
> >
> > Once iwconfig shows that you have a link to an AP (with Rate and
> > Frequency info), you still have to configure the IP layer.  I suspect
> > you need DHCP.  I don't know how how RedHat sets this up for wireless
> > devices, but have a look in network.opts.  in the meantime you could
> > try something like "pump -i eth1" or "dhclient eth1" or something like
> > that.  then run ifconfig.
> 
> It works!! Thank you.
> 
> I installed pump-0.8.11-7.i386.rpm and ran 'pump -i eth1' and it worked.
> Now I need to think about how to get this to work automatically. I'll have
> a look in network.opts as you suggest and see if I can figure it out.
> 
> Thanks to everyone who helped.
> 
> Cameron
> 
> 
> 
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