Finally i'm up and running again albeit on kernel version 2.4.33.3 but thats not a problem. I have now mastered the art of installing and PROPERLY configuring a linksys WMP54G v4.1 wireless card!
So for anyone who may stumble upon this in the future allow me to enpart some words of wisdom.
1: When installing the driver for this card do not follow the instructions in the Module folder. Simply tar -xvzf rt61-cvs-daily.tar.gz the file, then cd rt61-cvs-whatever_it_is. Now type make and then make install
DO NOT COPY FILES TO ANY FOLDER THE MANUAL RECOMMENDS
2: open the folder /etc/rc.d/ . once there open the file rc.wireless.conf and add these lines
Quote:
## --------- START SECTION TO REMOVE -----------
## Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
*)
INFO="ra0"
ESSID="eircom2204 0050"
CHANNEL="y"
KEY="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
MODE=Managed
;;
## ---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------
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where y is the channel number of your acces point and xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is your key and obviously your own essid for your own access point.
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Now open the file rc.intet1.con in the same folder and add these lines:
Quote:
## Config information for ra0:
IFNAME[1]="ra0"
IPADDR[1]="x.x.x.x"
NETMASK[1]="255.255.255.0"
USE_DHCP[1]="yes"
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where x = your ip address.
Thats it!
you can either restart or from a konsole type /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
Either way it works and i'm back to my lightning fast old speeds
EDIT: This has only been tested on kernel version 2.4.33.3, i'm playing around with 2.6.17.13 at the moment and i'll append this post with any benficial results.
This guide was made possible thanks primarily to h_texmex_h, what can i say except i would love to see you and peter volkerding sitting down together for a chat, the two of you would be very well suited.
and of course i want to give thanks to Mr. Volkerding for his tireless effort in delivering yet another amazing distro......i praise you both!
Thanks guys!
