installing wireless
 

HELP ME PLEASE. hi just got lunix for the first time. so i'm a newbie. well the guestion is that i have a wireless lan and want to add my lunix to it. i have the drives that i need but how do i install the drives so my card will work?

what card ? and are you sure it is supported by linux ?

blitzz netwave point II pc bwp612b... is the card and the blitzz site has drivers for red hat 9

go to the terminal and read to "man" pages

type
man ifconfig

and
man iwconfig

once you have the card installed there should be a network called wlan0

the simple terminal commands (as root) that would be used are as follows (if things are configured right)

#this will bring up the wireless network
ifconfig wlan0 up

#this assures you are connected to your network
iwconfig wlan0 essid NETWORK ESSID
or
#this will connect to the strongest essid
iwconfig wlan0 essid any

#this petitions a dhcp server
dhcpcd wlan0

Then you're all set, enjoy the internet (but read the manuals, they are a big help)

thanks for the help