In the 2.4.17 kernel, the orinoco.c file still lists the mini-PCI as a TODO. Give linux-wlan-ng-0.1.10 a try, some folks have reported success with it.
-Mark Bryan Daniels wrote: > > Thanks for your advice. I downloaded linux-wlan and > will try to get it to work. I still think that I > should be able to use the Hermes driver. In the kernel > documentation, it says that it supports the "IBM High > Rate Wireless Card." I am able to "modprob hermes" and > "lsmod" to verify that hermes was loaded into the > kernel. From there, I am still stuck. I am unable to > figure out if "hermes" actually created a device, > i.e., eth1, wlan0, etc. It dosen't appear so. Until, > the device itself is created, it dosen't seem that > using "alias eth2=hermes", or configuring > "/etc/network/interfaces" will do any good. > > Is anyone actually using the built-in PCI card--NOT A > PCMCIA CARD--on the T23. If so, how did you get it up > and running? > > Many thanks, > > Bryan > > --- Tony Rein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 22:54, Bryan Daniels wrote: > > > I am running Debian 3.0 with kernel 2.4.16 on a > > > ThinkPad T23. It has a built-in wireless > > > capability--through a "mini-combo" PCI card. (It > > is > > > *not* a PCMCIA card.) The wireless network adapter > > is > > > a "IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI Combo Card." > > It > > > is made by Actiontec Electronics, Inc--it appears > > to > > > have a PRISM chipset. > > > > > > Reading through various wireless websites and > > > Wireless-HOWTO, I think that the driver/module for > > > this adapter is either "Hermes" or "Orinoco". > > > Amazingly, both are available as kernel modules. I > > > have succesfully been able to modprobe both, but > > that > > > is as far as I get. I am stuck. I am not sure what > > to > > > do next. Looking throug dmesg, it appears that the > > > kernel recognizes the presence of the PCI card, > > but it > > > does not automatically assign it to eth1 like it > > does > > > eth0 with the Ethernet card. Moreover, I am unable > > to > > > use the ifconfig or ifup commands. > > > > > > Any suggestions would be most helpful. > > > > > > Bryan Daniels > > > > > Bryan, > > > > I recently got a Thinkpad X22. I didn't have the > > nerve to try the > > built-in wireless, so I got one without and got a > > Linksys PCMCIA card, > > also with a Prism chipset. It works great using the > > linux-wlan driver, > > available from > > http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/. > > > > Note that there are two projects there - linux-wlan > > and linux-wlan-ng > > ("New Generation?"). You want the "ng" one. > > > > It comes with a fairly good README with build > > instructions. I recall > > seeing instructions for building a PCI driver > > instead of the PCMCIA one, > > but of course I haven't tried it. Good luck. > > > > Tony > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mark S. Mathews AbsoluteValue Systems Web: http://www.linux-wlan.com 715-D North Drive e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Melbourne, FL 32934 Phone: 321.259.0737 USA Fax: 321.259.0286
