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Old 06-06-2002, 03:22 PM   #1
jrmann1999
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linksys instant wireless


Anyone gotten one to work in linux yet? i've tried all the way up to 2.4.18 with the most recent PCMCIA + wireless drivers?
 
Old 06-10-2002, 01:19 AM   #2
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The Linksys card works rather well, based off of the prism2 intersil chipset. If this is a self-compiled 2.4.18 you're probably going to need some tweaking. Make sure you enabled all 3 sets of pcmcia goop throughout the menuconfig (the only type I use, sorry, don't know about Xconfig). Regardless, you'll need a file called hermes.conf added to /etc/pcmcia in order to get cardmgr to bind the right set of drivers. You can get that here:

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_...o.html#patches

Also, depending on the rev of the card you'll need to hand hack that file a little. If its v2.5 or v3 check this thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...light=wireless

This is a way to get the orinoco series drivers to make the card work there are currently 3 different projects out there that cover these cards. Please, save yourself a lot of headache and don't bother with the linux-wlan project drivers.

Cheers,

Finegan
 
  


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