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Fernando Corvinos
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Tue Apr 22 08:52:01 2003
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Does anyone know how to install Orinoco wireless adaptor?
Stefan Bruda wrote:
> Hi.
>
> At 16:25 +1000 on 2003-4-22 Greg Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > In the meantime I'd like to get the Airport working. Is there any
> > documentation or a website somewhere that explains what to do ?
> > I've go about as far as 'insmod airport' which seemed to work, but
> > when I run ifconfig all I find is eth0 and lo.
>
> You have to run first iwconfig on what will be the new ethernet
> adapter (and thus eth1 assuming that there was only eth0 originally).
> Something like this:
>
> /sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid $essid mode $mode key $key
>
> where $essid is your network ID, $mode is Managed or Ad-Hoc as the
> case may be, and $key is your cryptographic key in case you use WEP.
> See the manual page for details.
>
> After this, you can do ifconfig eth1 do bring 'er up and everything,
> or just run dhcpcd eth1 if you have a DHCP server to get the
> information from.
>
> There is a good howto on the YDL Web site, at
>
>
>http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/airport24.shtml
>
> Hope this helps,
> Stefan
>
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how to install Orinoco wireless adaptor?<br>
<br>
Stefan Bruda wrote:<br>
> Hi.<br>
><br>
> At 16:25 +1000 on 2003-4-22 Greg Hamilton wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > In the meantime I'd like to get the Airport working.
Is there any<br>
> > documentation or a website somewhere that explains
what to do ?<br>
> > I've go about as far as 'insmod airport' which seemed
to work, but<br>
> > when I run ifconfig all I find is eth0 and lo.<br>
><br>
> You have to run first iwconfig on what will be the new
ethernet<br>
> adapter (and thus eth1 assuming that there was only eth0
originally).<br>
> Something like this:<br>
><br>
> /sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid $essid mode
$mode key $key<br>
><br>
> where $essid is your network ID, $mode is Managed or Ad-Hoc as
the<br>
> case may be, and $key is your cryptographic key in case you use
WEP.<br>
> See the manual page for details.<br>
><br>
> After this, you can do ifconfig eth1 do bring 'er up and
everything,<br>
> or just run dhcpcd eth1 if you have a DHCP server to get the<br>
> information from.<br>
><br>
> There is a good howto on the YDL Web site, at<br>
><br>
>
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/airport24<span
></span>.shtml<br>
><br>
> Hope this helps,<br>
> Stefan<br>
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