On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 10:24:07PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed Debian Woody on a Fujutisu notebook, > with KDE 2.2 as the window manager. I'd like to set up > wireless networking, but Debian doesn't seem to detect > my orinoco card. I've installed wireless tools, > korinoco, discover, and synaptic, but not much else > besides KDE. When I issue the "modprobe eth1" command > the card isn't found. I'm very new to Linux (still > can't believe I managed to install Debian) and would > appreciate any advice. > > Tim > Hi Tim-
I am using one right now. I have a Orinoco Gold 11mb card and an RG1100 that I use here. I don't know that you have compiled or have the necessary kernel modules. When I insert my orinoco gold card in my debian unstable laptop, the following modules are autoloaded for me: orinoco_cs 4756 1 orinoco 35060 0 [orinoco_cs] hermes 5988 0 [orinoco_cs orinoco] I also use dhcpcd to get an address. My approach is to build a new kernel either using make-kpkg or doing a regular linux kernel compile. I elect to use the orinoco drivers and the hermes interface. These can be found in Network Device Support -> Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) and then elect to use Hermes chipset and the Hermes PCMCIA card support. There is one additional file called hermes.conf which I always get which is a list of the key bindings for the orinoco_cs drivers. My last step is to edit the /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts file and add whatever stuff I need like my WEP key, ESSID, etc. You can also edit /etc/pcmcia/network.opts and tell the interface to use dhcpcd if you have a dhcp server or if your wireless AP does that for you. If you need a level of detail around how all this works, definitely take a look at this site: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ Jean presents the information in a very structured way and he goes through the cards, the drivers, how to use things like iwconfig, etc. Since you don't mention compiling a kernel, I will assume you are using the default kernel from the installation. If so, I am unsure whether that kernel has the modularized or compiled in orinoco_cs drivers. Take care. -- Michael Perry | do or do not. There is no try. -Master Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
