here is my prob. I can not get my wmp11 pci wireless card working in linux. Linux see it I think. I download linux-wlan-ng-0.1.14 and wireless_tools.25 and prism2-2002*. after doing all the installs and following all the instructions I can not get it to work.
when I do lsmod i see prism2_pci mentioned.
when I do ifconfig it shows lo and wlan0
when I do iwconfig it say lo and wlan0 no wireless extention.
plz help someone. sorry for cross posting but no one is responding.

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i installed the three rpm the kernel-wlan-ng-*moduels*
, kernel-wlan-ng-*pci, and another one. now when i run /etc/int.d/wlan start it says wlanctl-ng:no such device. help plz

maybe you'd get a better response if you didn't imply that everyone else on this site is stupid? manners cost nothing.

sorry, didn't mean it like that it is jus that he has helped people in the past. any help would be GREAT!

Sounds like you were almost there, before you installed the rpms! But you should be able to get there. What is your distro? You need the linux-wlan or the hostap drivers, not both. The wireless extensions (iwconfig) are not supported in wlan-ng.0.1.14, but you can get newer linux-wlan source (and rpms) or use the wlanctl-ng utility that comes with linux-wlan. Here's a link to current? RH rpms:
http://prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us
Guessing that you are using RH, you still may have to create the ifcfg-wlan0 file, so that RH knows how to bring up the interface after the drivers are loaded. Or do it manually with
ifconfig wlan0 <ip> netmask <nm> up
or
dhcpcd wlan0
HTH
-bbeers

i am using red hat 8.0 i am going to try with the rpms and then try the other stuff. btw where is the dhcpcd command, i can't find it.

Usually it is /sbin/dhcpcd, so you must be root, or put it in a start-up script (which RH will do for you if you have that /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-wlan0 file in place). To find a file in your system try:
which <file>
# only works for commands in your current $PATH
or
find / -name <file> -print
# should work most cases
-bbeers

I am using the 0.1.16-pre2 version with RH8.0 -- it has been working fine...I also found it curious that I did not have to start dhcpcd but somehow it seems to run all by itself once your connection is made.

can you post the results of an command-ifconfig wlan0 and also a -route n here...it would be helpful....

If you (jpohara) look at the contents of the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 (or whatever it is) you will see a parameter BOOT_PROTO=DHCP or something similar. That is how redhat knows to start dhcpcd on that interface.

If you (chrismiceli) don't have the same file, copy and edit the ...ifcfg-eth0 so that you do. HTH

-bbeers

Hi there,

I'm trying to get access to /sbin/dhcpcd and when I type it in I get no such directory...can someone help me to get that in to show up? I am also trying to get my WMP11 working...

find / -name dhc* -print

maybe RH8.0 uses dhclient instead?

also, if you bought that wmp11 recently it might not be prism chip -- check if v2.7 on the label then it is not. If not prism chip then neither hostap nor linux_wlan driver will work. Also check by

lspci -n

look for a line with 'Class 280: 1260:3873' => prism WMP11

-bbeers

Hey bbeers,

Thanks for your reply. I have the 2.5 version of the card. I had the 2.7, but I returned it to LinkSys and they sent me the correct one. Basically, I had a good thread going on this topic, but it seems to have died and now I'm closer than I was. I ultimately am trying to get the WMP11 working with my RH8.0 machine but was trying to avoid double-posting. Here is the link to where I was with that thread in case you'd like to see it.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ighlight=wmp11

Maybe you can get me back on track now that I have the correct version of the card...

Thanks again.

Hi,

I ran the code lspci -n and got 'Class 280: 1260:3873' Still no luck on the find / -name dhc* -print

Any suggestions?

Sometimes I have found it necessary to be root and in / when I run that command for it to actually find what I'm looking for. Can't say why, but give it a try.

That said, I don't use RH, so maybe some RH user can tell you what/where the dhcp client is? You did a full workstation or server install?

-bbeers

/sbin is not in a default RH user's path, plus when they su to root, they're keeping the path of the previous user, so its always gotta be full typed out: /sbin/lspci unless you use 'su -'

dhclient is the RedHat dhcp client btw, everyone else is still using dhcpcd, I think RH switched just to ornery.

Cheers,

Finegan