Gayle Lee Fairless([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Although I would have replied sooner; there was a death in the family. >
Sorry for your loss. > > > Gayle Lee Fairless([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > > Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied: > > <--<snip>--> > > > >> Then I hope the US Robotics card will work, or I get lucky with the > >> Belkin adapter! > > >You may be in luck after all. > > > A google for "US Robotics USR5410 Linux" came up with a review that > > wasn't too good, but the second one you might like. The headline is > > "US Robotics goes Linux" and your 5410 in included in the writeup. > > <http://www.ameinfo.com/32533.html> > > > I found it and the reference to Linuxant and their product, DriverLoader: > > (quote off www.Linuxant.com) > > DriverLoader is a revolutionary compatibility-wrapper allowing standard > Windows NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) drivers shipped by > hardware vendors to be used as-is on Linux x86 systems .... > > (end of quote) > > It appears that the program supports both the Belkin USB wireless device > and > the US Robotics USR5410 PCMIA card. I have to hook it up and find out > under > both Linux and Windows XP Pro. I try to stay away from the NDIS wrappers but if you have a card and thats the only way.... <--<snip>--> > I learned enough vi to naviage through a text file and make simple > changes. > Although I have mutt on my Debian sarge box, I do not understand it as well > as I do vi. The messages to root go through mutt. I also have seen and > used > a version of emacs on the Amiga. Mutt is a command line Mail User Agent (MUA) and it uses vim, an expandad vi, to write/reply to mail. IMHO these are 2 of the most useful apps. Try "aptitude show mutt" | "apt-cache show mutt" & "aptitude|apt-cache show vi". IIRC the netinstall uses the nano editor because of its small size. > <--<snip>--> > > I was able to install a baic Debian GNU/Linux etch system on the > Thinkpad with the official network installation CDROM. Since I was > not connected to the Internet, I need to know how to get network setup > working and start installing packages. > 'If' the drivers were installed correctly: iwconfig Should show something installed. ------------------------------------------------ {TP 770, running a USB wireless adapter } $ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. sit0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b ESSID:"Mtntop_AP" Nickname:"Mtntop_AP" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:B5:11:37:1F Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Link Quality=25/92 Signal level=-66 dBm Noise level=-91 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 ------------------------------------------------ If a device shows up then the driver is loaded. Then you have to configure your /etc/network/interfaces file. See man interfaces. ------------------------------------------------ { the above 770's interfaces file} $cat /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback up route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo down route del -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo # The primary network interface # Ashton USB Dongle # NOTE: all setup for this USB Dongle is is in /etc/wlan/ # and the startup script in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/linux-wlan-ng-pre-up # and down with the /etc/network/if-post-down.d/linux-wlan-ng-post-down auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp ------------------------------------------------ Once you have the above interfaces file done then to connect to your AP do first. /etc/init.d/networking force-reload then $ ifup (interface name from iwconfig) > > I looked > at Martin Kraft's Debian maintainer notes on fluxbox. Did you have to > install a patch > to get yours working? I did not install any flux patches. Note I am running lenny/Testing not etch/stable. I'll leave it there until we know if the wrappers got the drivers installed correctly. I'll mention some other stuff for you to ponder. There, usually, is no need to reboot the system. When working on networking you can restart networking, after making changes to the interfaces file by doing as root /etc/init.d/networking restart. $ ifconfig (show what interfaces are up) The dhcp, in the interfaces file, is the command to get access to your AP. I have to assume that the netinstall includes the dhcp client. Wayne -- Press any key to continue or any other key to quit... _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
