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Old 12-02-2003, 08:38 PM   #1
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Setting up a new network connection?


I have absolutely no clue how to do this. I think my wireless card is working but I only have a network setup for my onboard RJ-45 hole. I would like to setup the card to work so I could completely use linux and ditch windows . Please help, thank you to all who reply
 
Old 12-02-2003, 08:54 PM   #2
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you'll need to find out what driver your network hardware takes, and then if it isn't loaded, load it with:

#modprobe <driver name>

once that's loaded, or if it already is loaded, bring up your ethernet interface:

#ifconfig eth0 up

then you might need to get dhcp going:

#dhcpcd eth0

then see if you have an internet connection:

#ping google.com

if you have a connection, add /sbin/modprobe <driver name> to your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file for it to load automatically at boot.

oh yeah, if your kernel does not support your hardware drivers, you'll have to recompile it. so let's hope it does.
 
Old 12-02-2003, 10:04 PM   #3
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I'm pretty sure it does it's just a Orinoco Gold 802.11b pc card ;X . Well I'll give this a try. Hopefully it will work.

Also my main network uses WEP how/where do I enter the key once I have it running?
 
  


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