On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 06:32:36PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > I have been using this card for a while under Linux with the wvlan_cs > driver for 802.11b Prism II cards. > > I want to move over to the orinoco_cs driver. If I change the kernel > I have to spend hours fiddling with trying to get this driver working > again. > > There used to be a website that had specifics, in great detail, on how > to get this D-Link DWL-650 NIC working with the orinoco_cs driver. > But I've spent two days looking for it and have come up with nothing. > It was originally a post on a web-zine. > > Does anyone have any help they can throw my way on how to get this > working? I think the biggest hang-up I've got is that I have no clue > how to identify this device in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. I know > it's not listed there, I always had to edit that file myself for the > wvlan_cs too.
I got it running without a great deal of trouble. First off, my setup is a HP Pavilion N5490 runnuing sid with a custom 2.4.17 kernel. I am using the 2.4 kernel PCMCIA modules. Sid's /etc/pcmcia/config file contains the following relevent items: In the device section: device "orinoco_cs" class "network" module "hermes", "orinoco", "orinoco_cs" And later: card "Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter" manfid 0x0156, 0x0002 bind "wvlan_cs" At first I simply edited /etc/pcmcia/config and changed that last line to say `` bind "orinoco_cs" '' I was growing tired of doing that each time I upgraded (the joys of tracking unstable) and then I noticed that the stock /etc/pcmcia/config file sources *.conf so i copied the fixed stanza into /etc/dwl650.conf and no more annoying questions during upgrades. After doing this I found that the connection Just Started Working, much to my surprize. It turns out that the edits I made to /etc/pcmcia/network.opts to support a PCMCIA NIC under a 2.2.x kernel which didn't support the internal NIC worked just fine with the wireless card. I did eventually change it to disable the internal interface and run wavemon on vc12 upon insertion. This would be best done in /etc/network/interfaces to quell the remaining annoying questions bug that's a job for another day. HTH, dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
