setting up wi-fi on a laptop
i am running Red Hat 9 on my Inspiron B130 and i am trying to set up my internal wireless card.
there are no devices shown in the network Configuration how do i know what eth# to use? how do i make it work??? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :newbie: |
Google around / search LQ for 'ndiswrapper' and look at the HCL for your network card (you can generally find it by searching the HCL for your laptop). There should be further instructions
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erm.. im abit of a newb..
what is an HCL? does ndiswrapper work for Internal cards? EDIT: HCL = hardware compatability list ? |
Yup, HCL is also the link that's at the top of every LQ webpage. Or you can click Here
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kinda figured that out....
anyway its in the list and it says its incompatable but can work wih ndiswrapper so how do i use ndis wrapper? is there a way i can transfer files between partitions so i dont have to burn ndiswrapper to a cd? |
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Hello
First of all, I'm a newb myself, so handle my information with care =) I installed my wireless card like this: 1. Installed the latest MadWifi drives, http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-ng-current.tar.gz (2. I had to reboot here) 3. Created a file with the following contents: #!/bin/sh wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta ifconfig ath0 up iwconfig ath0 key YOUR_WIRELESS_PASSWORD iwconfig ath0 essid THE_NAME_OF_YOU_WLAN dhcpcd ath0 which I placed in my /root/.kde/Autostart directory. You have to have a kernel that was compiled with the Cryptographic option enabled. For more info on MadWifi check out http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/GettingMadwifi |
thanks, i'll try that, but does hardcoding the ssid disable connection to other networks?
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thanks, i'll try that, but does hardcoding the ssid disable connection to other networks?
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Um, depending on what card you have, the madwifi drivers may, or may not work. Drivers are specific to the chipset on the card, so unless you have a chipset that madwifi is designed for, using it won't work.
As for transferring files, most stock linux kernels can read NTFS partitions, so do a little searching here on how to mount an NTFS partition. Otherwise if you have a USB thumb drive that would work as well. |
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