* Configuring slackware for a wireless device. @ Dan Murphy ` Doug Sutherland ` Georgina Joyce 0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Dan Murphy @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Hi all. I recently installed a Linksys Wusb 11 E wireless card on my old dual boot 200 MHZ Pentium. It has Slackware 11.0 kernel version 2.4.33.3 and Windows 98. I got the card working on the windows side, but how would I go about configuring it for the Slackware side. It is a Usb device, and I have a zip drive which is also Usb running under slackware, but I don't know the first step to getting Slackware to find it. Where should I be looking in the man pages, or is there a utility in Linux that I'm not familiar with? Help would be appreciated, since the machine only has 140 MB of ram, so when I run Windows on it, it's rather slow. Thanks. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. Configuring slackware for a wireless device Dan Murphy @ ` Doug Sutherland ` Dan Murphy ` Georgina Joyce 1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Doug Sutherland @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Dan, Start by just typing ifconfig That will list your network interfaces. Does it show a wlan0 interface? If not, try ifconfig wlan0 up If you do have wlan0 up then something like ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.102 route add default gw 192.168.0.1 You could also try one of these to get dhcp address dhclient wlan0 dhcpd wlan0 Other than the basic interface configuration above, you also need to set the wireless ssid and other related wifi parameters, check the web for details, there is tons of info on this. -- Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Murphy" <thedanmint551@verizon.net> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:15 PM Subject: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. > Hi all. > I recently installed a Linksys Wusb 11 E wireless card on my old dual boot > 200 MHZ Pentium. It has Slackware 11.0 kernel version 2.4.33.3 and Windows > 98. I got the card working on the windows side, but how would I go about > configuring it for the Slackware side. It is a Usb device, and I have a zip > drive which is also Usb running under slackware, but I don't know the first > step to getting Slackware to find it. > Where should I be looking in the man pages, or is there a utility in Linux > that I'm not familiar with? > Help would be appreciated, since the machine only has 140 MB of ram, so when > I run Windows on it, it's rather slow. > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. ` Doug Sutherland @ ` Dan Murphy 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Dan Murphy @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Thanks Doug. I do know some of the other wireless info from setting up the router on the other machine. This will give me somewhere to start. Thanks again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Sutherland" <doug@proficio.ca> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:21 AM Subject: Re: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. > Dan, ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* RE: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. Configuring slackware for a wireless device Dan Murphy ` Doug Sutherland @ ` Georgina Joyce ` Steve Holmes 1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Georgina Joyce @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' Hi Well I did a quick google and found this: http://osdir.com/ml/linux.drivers.atmel-wlan/2003-02/msg00047.html Just put linux in the edit field then the device details then support. A better way would be to issue at the command prompt: $ lsusb For USB devices and for PCI devices: $ lspci For modules that are loaded: $ lsmod Then ask google for the linux support for that chipset as the same brand and model number doesn't necessarily mean the same chipset and it is the chipset to which the driver needs to communicate. HTH Gena Amateur Call: M 0 E B P VOIP / IM: gena1959uk -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Dan Murphy Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:15 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. Hi all. I recently installed a Linksys Wusb 11 E wireless card on my old dual boot 200 MHZ Pentium. It has Slackware 11.0 kernel version 2.4.33.3 and Windows 98. I got the card working on the windows side, but how would I go about configuring it for the Slackware side. It is a Usb device, and I have a zip drive which is also Usb running under slackware, but I don't know the first step to getting Slackware to find it. Where should I be looking in the man pages, or is there a utility in Linux that I'm not familiar with? Help would be appreciated, since the machine only has 140 MB of ram, so when I run Windows on it, it's rather slow. Thanks. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup __________ NOD32 2464 (20070815) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. ` Georgina Joyce @ ` Steve Holmes ` dan Murphy 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Steve Holmes @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Also, on my Slackware laptop with wireless PCMCIA card, my device comes up as eth0 because of the wireless package I have installed. With Slackware 12 and udev support, it just seemed to work now. Before, while using Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 and still some left over hotplug configs, I messed with PCMCIA card services but in any case, I opened up the atmel chipset in rc.wireless.conf (I think that's the name) and now it loads the correct modules when I plug in the card. It comes up as eth0 and I can use iwconfig to see the device and use iwconfig to set essid and similar things. iwlist is also a command which can reveal additional information about the wireless situation in your box. On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 11:07:10PM +0100, Georgina Joyce wrote: > Hi > > Well I did a quick google and found this: > > http://osdir.com/ml/linux.drivers.atmel-wlan/2003-02/msg00047.html > > Just put linux in the edit field then the device details then support. A better way would be to issue at the command prompt: > > $ lsusb > > For USB devices and for PCI devices: > > $ lspci > > For modules that are loaded: > > $ lsmod > > Then ask google for the linux support for that chipset as the same brand and model number doesn't necessarily mean the same chipset and it is the chipset to which the driver needs to communicate. > > HTH > > Gena > > Amateur Call: M 0 E B P > > VOIP / IM: gena1959uk > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Dan Murphy > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:15 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. > > > Hi all. > I recently installed a Linksys Wusb 11 E wireless card on my old dual boot > 200 MHZ Pentium. It has Slackware 11.0 kernel version 2.4.33.3 and Windows > 98. I got the card working on the windows side, but how would I go about > configuring it for the Slackware side. It is a Usb device, and I have a zip > drive which is also Usb running under slackware, but I don't know the first > step to getting Slackware to find it. > Where should I be looking in the man pages, or is there a utility in Linux > that I'm not familiar with? > Help would be appreciated, since the machine only has 140 MB of ram, so when > I run Windows on it, it's rather slow. > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > __________ NOD32 2464 (20070815) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. ` Steve Holmes @ ` dan Murphy ` Steve Holmes 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: dan Murphy @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Well after upgrading to slackware 12, I wimped out and bought a cable, but thanks for the tips. I still may try it and see. On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, Steve Holmes wrote: > Also, on my Slackware laptop with wireless PCMCIA card, my device > comes up as eth0 because of the wireless package I have installed. > With Slackware 12 and udev support, it just seemed to work now. > Before, while using Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 and still some left over > hotplug configs, I messed with PCMCIA card services but in any case, I > opened up the atmel chipset in rc.wireless.conf (I think that's the > name) and now it loads the correct modules when I plug in the card. > It comes up as eth0 and I can use iwconfig to see the device and use > iwconfig to set essid and similar things. iwlist is also a command > which can reveal additional information about the wireless situation > in your box. > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 11:07:10PM +0100, Georgina Joyce wrote: >> Hi >> >> Well I did a quick google and found this: >> >> http://osdir.com/ml/linux.drivers.atmel-wlan/2003-02/msg00047.html >> >> Just put linux in the edit field then the device details then support. A better way would be to issue at the command prompt: >> >> $ lsusb >> >> For USB devices and for PCI devices: >> >> $ lspci >> >> For modules that are loaded: >> >> $ lsmod >> >> Then ask google for the linux support for that chipset as the same brand and model number doesn't necessarily mean the same chipset and it is the chipset to which the driver needs to communicate. >> >> HTH >> >> Gena >> >> Amateur Call: M 0 E B P >> >> VOIP / IM: gena1959uk >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Dan Murphy >> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:15 PM >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> Subject: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. >> >> >> Hi all. >> I recently installed a Linksys Wusb 11 E wireless card on my old dual boot >> 200 MHZ Pentium. It has Slackware 11.0 kernel version 2.4.33.3 and Windows >> 98. I got the card working on the windows side, but how would I go about >> configuring it for the Slackware side. It is a Usb device, and I have a zip >> drive which is also Usb running under slackware, but I don't know the first >> step to getting Slackware to find it. >> Where should I be looking in the man pages, or is there a utility in Linux >> that I'm not familiar with? >> Help would be appreciated, since the machine only has 140 MB of ram, so when >> I run Windows on it, it's rather slow. >> Thanks. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> __________ NOD32 2464 (20070815) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. ` dan Murphy @ ` Steve Holmes ` dan Murphy 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Steve Holmes @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Well, then you're covered. Generally, it is easier to get a hard-wired connection going; less things to deal with. My laptop is bisexual, it can swing either way - cable or wireless - whichever way she blows.:) On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 08:31:30AM -0400, dan Murphy wrote: > Well after upgrading to slackware 12, I wimped out and bought a cable, > but thanks for the tips. I still may try it and see. > On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, > Steve Holmes wrote: > > > Also, on my Slackware laptop with wireless PCMCIA card, my device > > comes up as eth0 because of the wireless package I have installed. > > With Slackware 12 and udev support, it just seemed to work now. > > Before, while using Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 and still some left over > > hotplug configs, I messed with PCMCIA card services but in any case, I > > opened up the atmel chipset in rc.wireless.conf (I think that's the > > name) and now it loads the correct modules when I plug in the card. > > It comes up as eth0 and I can use iwconfig to see the device and use > > iwconfig to set essid and similar things. iwlist is also a command > > which can reveal additional information about the wireless situation > > in your box. > > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 11:07:10PM +0100, Georgina Joyce wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> Well I did a quick google and found this: > >> > >> http://osdir.com/ml/linux.drivers.atmel-wlan/2003-02/msg00047.html > >> > >> Just put linux in the edit field then the device details then support. A better way would be to issue at the command prompt: > >> > >> $ lsusb > >> > >> For USB devices and for PCI devices: > >> > >> $ lspci > >> > >> For modules that are loaded: > >> > >> $ lsmod > >> > >> Then ask google for the linux support for that chipset as the same brand and model number doesn't necessarily mean the same chipset and it is the chipset to which the driver needs to communicate. > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> Gena > >> > >> Amateur Call: M 0 E B P > >> > >> VOIP / IM: gena1959uk > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Dan Murphy > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:15 PM > >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > >> Subject: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. > >> > >> > >> Hi all. > >> I recently installed a Linksys Wusb 11 E wireless card on my old dual boot > >> 200 MHZ Pentium. It has Slackware 11.0 kernel version 2.4.33.3 and Windows > >> 98. I got the card working on the windows side, but how would I go about > >> configuring it for the Slackware side. It is a Usb device, and I have a zip > >> drive which is also Usb running under slackware, but I don't know the first > >> step to getting Slackware to find it. > >> Where should I be looking in the man pages, or is there a utility in Linux > >> that I'm not familiar with? > >> Help would be appreciated, since the machine only has 140 MB of ram, so when > >> I run Windows on it, it's rather slow. > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > >> __________ NOD32 2464 (20070815) Information __________ > >> > >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > >> http://www.eset.com > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > HolmesGrown Solutions > > The best solutions for the best price! > > http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. ` Steve Holmes @ ` dan Murphy 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: dan Murphy @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. I may be inheriting a laptop later this fall, so I'll keep the wireless card around for that since it will be running windows, no doubt. On Sun, 19 Aug 2007, Steve Holmes wrote: > Well, then you're covered. Generally, it is easier to get a > hard-wired connection going; less things to deal with. My laptop is > bisexual, it can swing either way - cable or wireless - whichever way > she blows.:) > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 08:31:30AM -0400, dan Murphy wrote: >> Well after upgrading to slackware 12, I wimped out and bought a cable, >> but thanks for the tips. I still may try it and see. >> On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, >> Steve Holmes wrote: >> >>> Also, on my Slackware laptop with wireless PCMCIA card, my device >>> comes up as eth0 because of the wireless package I have installed. >>> With Slackware 12 and udev support, it just seemed to work now. >>> Before, while using Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 and still some left over >>> hotplug configs, I messed with PCMCIA card services but in any case, I >>> opened up the atmel chipset in rc.wireless.conf (I think that's the >>> name) and now it loads the correct modules when I plug in the card. >>> It comes up as eth0 and I can use iwconfig to see the device and use >>> iwconfig to set essid and similar things. iwlist is also a command >>> which can reveal additional information about the wireless situation >>> in your box. >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 11:07:10PM +0100, Georgina Joyce wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Well I did a quick google and found this: >>>> >>>> http://osdir.com/ml/linux.drivers.atmel-wlan/2003-02/msg00047.html >>>> >>>> Just put linux in the edit field then the device details then support. A better way would be to issue at the command prompt: >>>> >>>> $ lsusb >>>> >>>> For USB devices and for PCI devices: >>>> >>>> $ lspci >>>> >>>> For modules that are loaded: >>>> >>>> $ lsmod >>>> >>>> Then ask google for the linux support for that chipset as the same brand and model number doesn't necessarily mean the same chipset and it is the chipset to which the driver needs to communicate. >>>> >>>> HTH >>>> >>>> Gena >>>> >>>> Amateur Call: M 0 E B P >>>> >>>> VOIP / IM: gena1959uk >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Dan Murphy >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:15 PM >>>> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >>>> Subject: Configuring slackware for a wireless device. >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi all. >>>> I recently installed a Linksys Wusb 11 E wireless card on my old dual boot >>>> 200 MHZ Pentium. It has Slackware 11.0 kernel version 2.4.33.3 and Windows >>>> 98. I got the card working on the windows side, but how would I go about >>>> configuring it for the Slackware side. It is a Usb device, and I have a zip >>>> drive which is also Usb running under slackware, but I don't know the first >>>> step to getting Slackware to find it. >>>> Where should I be looking in the man pages, or is there a utility in Linux >>>> that I'm not familiar with? >>>> Help would be appreciated, since the machine only has 140 MB of ram, so when >>>> I run Windows on it, it's rather slow. >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>> >>>> __________ NOD32 2464 (20070815) Information __________ >>>> >>>> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>>> http://www.eset.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> -- >>> HolmesGrown Solutions >>> The best solutions for the best price! >>> http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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