etch and wireless networking

unisol · 05-07-2007, 05:50 PM

i have etch installed. i recently set up a wireless network with using a Linksys WRT54G router and some linksys WMP54GR pci wireless cards.however etch does not recognize the wireless card. what do i have to do to get etch to see the wireless card. i think it is an rt6100. any help would be greatly appreciated.the other computers on the network are windows xp based.

pentode · 05-07-2007, 06:09 PM

You need a Linux compatible driver or you need to use ndiswrapper, which will allow you to use a Windows driver.

I'd do a Google search with "linux" plus the make and model of your wireless NIC. If there is a native Linux driver, you just need get the driver and then get it loaded (modprobe driver_name). If you have to use ndiswrapper, it has good documentation on its website.

It will easier if you have a hard-wired Internet connection you can use while sorting all this out.

unisol · 05-07-2007, 06:31 PM

i did an lspci in ubuntu and etch and it says they are ralink 2600 pci mimo.

Brian1 · 05-07-2007, 07:28 PM

Searching the forum here shown some post related to the card. This one might help you get going or understand what to do next. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=510185

If not much help use the search tool for rt2500 or ralink or the card model number and check those.

Brian