Re: linksys wpc11v3

[Larry Grover <grover@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2003.03.14 17:28 Justin Georgeson wrote:
> I'm running 8.0.94 (haven't seen a chaneel for any newer release on 
> RHN) on a Dell C400 and have the Linksys WPC11 v3.0 802.11b card. The 
> orinoco_cs driver seems to mostly work. If I use all default 
> settings, I can associate with APs without WEP who broadcast their 
> SSID. Even then, the wireless link seems to go down periodically 
> (pinging the gateway/AP yield destination unreachable).
>
> I was using the RPMs from http://prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us/rh80/ 
> with Psyche, but haven't been able to build them on Phoebe. I didn't 
> have these problems with those RPMs.
>
> What are other people using to support this card in Phoebe (of any 
> release)?
>
> --
> ; Justin Georgeson
> ; http://www.lopht.net
> ; mailto:jgeorgeson@xxxxxxxxx
> ; "Free the mallocs, delete the news"


Justin,

I have one of these cards (wpc11 v3) which I use on a dell c800.  In my 
experience, the orinoco_cs driver is not reliable.  Instead, I use the 
linux-wlan driver, built from source on both phoebe and psyche, with 
excellent results.

You are right about the rpms on 
http://prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us/rh80/ -- they do not work on 
phoebe.  I built linux-wlan from source 
(ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/linux-wlan-ng-0.1.16-pre9.tar.gz).  
To build linux-wlan you will need to have the kernel source installed 
as well, see ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/README for 
instructions.

If you prefer to install by rpm, you might be able to rebuild the 
src.rpm from http://prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us/rh80/.  To rebuild 
the src.rpm I think you will need to have the RH kernel-source rpm (for 
the kernel you use) installed.  
Good luck,
Larry



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